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Daniel La Motte
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About this work
Wilmington, Delaware landowner and cotton merchant Daniel la Motte appears in the latest London fashion, his stylish clothes and relaxed demeanor reflecting the current style of portraiture popular in England and Europe. Artist Thomas Sully had just completed a sojourn to London and Paris, returning to Philadelphia prepared to paint sitters like La Motte as American aristocrats. His portrait of La Motte reflects American ambitions to be a great nation, aspiring to cultural parity with the Old World.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDaniel La Motte. 1812-1813. Thomas Sully, born Horncastle, England 1783-died Philadelphia, PA 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand La Motte III. CC0.
