Mother and Son (Jane Sully Darley and Francis Thomas Sully Darley), (painting)

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Notes: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.; Gardner & Feld, "American Ptgs," Metropolitan Museum,. Vol. I, 1965, pg. 165-166.; Robb, David M., Jr., "Thomas Sully: the Business of Painting," M.a., Yale University, 1967.; Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 354.
Summary: Portrait of the artist's daughter Jane Sully Darley (1807-1877), and her son Francis Thomas Sully Darley (d. 1914), against a background depicting the seashore. Jane is seated, leaning against a wall, her right arm resting on the wall, her left hand embracing her son. Her son is standing beside her, leaning against her left side, his right hand on her lap, his left hand placed over his mothers. His right foot rests gently on a small dog seated on the ground in front of him. On the upper right is a classical marble urn.

Owner/Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 14.126.5

Topic: Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child; Portrait female; Portrait male; Animal--Dog; Landscape--Beach