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Each of Victoria’s painters faced the problem of making the new queen look serious but not dour, youthful but not naive. “I should be gratified,” wrote Sully, “if I were able to give an idea of the sweet tone of voice, and gentle manner of Queen Victoria!
Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Title: Queen Victoria. Artist: Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783–1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Date: 1838. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 36 x 28 3/8 in. (91.4 x 71.5 cm) Credit Line: Bequest of Francis T. S. Darley, 1914.
‘Queen Victoria’ was created in 1838 by Thomas Sully in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Thomas Sully American. 1838. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 756. This impressive coronation portrait of Alexandrina Victoria (1819–1901), young Queen Victoria, shown ascending the throne, is the highlight of Thomas Sully’s successful career.
The Society of the Sons of St George at Philadelphia commissioned Sully to paint a portrait of the young Queen Victoria (now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York); this head is either a copy from that portrait or from a preliminary sketch for it.
Details. Title: Queen Victoria. Creator: Thomas Sully. Date Created: 1838. Physical Dimensions: 36 x 28 3/8 in. (91.4 x 71.5 cm) Type: Painting. External Link:...
Signature. Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was an American portrait painter in the United States. Born in Great Britain, he lived most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He painted in the style of Thomas Lawrence.
