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Lot 248: Thomas Sully Signed Letter 1859

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Lot  248: Thomas Sully Signed Letter 1859
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>Painter Thomas Sully 'I have no personal photographs...'</b>

<b>THOMAS SULLY.</b>
Autograph Letter Signed 'Thos. Sully,' September 26, 1859, Philadelphia, 7.75' x 5', Choice Very Fine. Written to an unidentified admirer: 'I am not aware that a portrait of me has been engraved. I have no personal photographs or would cheerfully send you one.' The letter is mounted to an 11.5' x 8' heavier stock sheet. Minor soiling; otherwise, boldly written and signed. Sully was one of the leading portrait painters of his day; his subjects included the Marquis de Lafayette, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, and Queen Victoria.