"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 June 2023

Happy Birthday, Sully

Sully, Passage of the Delaware, 1819


Thomas Sully was born on this day in 1783.

Elliot Bostwick Davis (no hyphen) describes the painting's context and creation ...

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