Portrait Miniature of an American Junior Officer, Lawrence Sully (VA, 1769 - 1804)

Watercolor on ivory of an unidentified American junior officer in uniform, presented in likely original copper locket frame with bail, signed lower left and dated 1801.

SS 2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in.

Estate of Thomas Hanford, Graham, NC

Lawrence Sully, older brother of artist Thomas Sully, moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1792, where "he advertised in the Virginia Gazette as a 'Miniature Painter (and Student of the Royal Academy).'" His sitters were primarily from Norfolk and Petersburg, Virginia, and Philadelphia.

Barratt, Cartie Rebora and Lori Zabar, American Portrait Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2010



Examined out of the frame; slight warping conforming to curvature of glass.

$1,000 - 2,000