Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of Dr. George Riter of Philadelphia. Her husband Thomas Fitzgerald was a noted journalist. An oil sketch for the painting accompanies the lot.
Details
THOMAS SULLY* (1783-1872)
Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald (nee Sarah Levering Riter)
signed TS with conjoined initials and dated 1858 on the reverse--oil on canvas
30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.2 x 62.8 cm.)
Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald (nee Sarah Levering Riter)
signed TS with conjoined initials and dated 1858 on the reverse--oil on canvas
30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.2 x 62.8 cm.)
Provenance
Estate of Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald, Philadelphia
Literature
J. Biddle and M. Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully, Charlestown, 1969, p. 151, no. 569
Exhibited
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The 35th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1858, no. 127