Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully

by Carrie Rebora Barratt

Book Overview

In 1837, Thomas Sully, who had created a vogue for full-length portraiture among the elite of Philadelphia, was offered a commission to paint the young Queen Victoria. He had already painted Andrew Jackson and Lafayette, but it was his refined and sensual portraits of women that had won him the greatest renown. Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully tells the story of his complex and challenging sojourn abroad, in which he spent five months waiting for a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691070342
• ISBN13: 9780691070346
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.8"