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Mary Walsh McBlair
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About this work
Thomas Sully traveled to England to study under Benjamin West in 1809. Upon his return, he emerged as one of Philadelphia’s leading miniaturists, and by 1830 was regarded as one of the best portrait painters in the country. Compared with his earlier, realistic work, Mary Walsh McBlair is painted in the more sentimental and romantic style that he adopted during his stay in England.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMary Walsh McBlair. ca. 1801-1872. Thomas Sully, born Horncastle, England 1783-died Philadelphia, PA 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.
