Fanny_Kemble_by_Thomas_Sully,_1834.jpg
Summary
Thomas Sully : Fanny Kemble ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q786545
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Title |
Fanny Kemble
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Date |
1834
date QS:P571,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 91.8 cm (36.1 in); width: 71 cm (27.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,71U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q35525
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Notes |
Notes from
The White House Historical Association
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". . . She first posed for Sully on March 10, 1833; that portrait was given to Sully's wife. More than a year later, Sully began two portraits of [Kemble]. According to Sully's notations, one was 'to accompany Fanny Kemble to England' (finished June 17), and the other painted for Pierce Butler (finished June 18). The former . . . is probably the White House painting. . . . ". . . The actress's softly brushed, loosely contoured, impossibly long shoulder and her right arm are put into virtually the same plane, close to the picture's surface. This unusual, contrived pose--the upper body is a tall narrow lozenge, the right elbow its insubstantial base--injects a wistful, ephemeral note, complemented by the exquisite transparency of the organdy sleeve." |
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Source/Photographer | The White House Historical Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | http://www.whitehouseresearch.org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset?id=133 |
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