Thomas Sully
Colonel Nicholas Merryman Bosley
1822
Scroll
Thomas Sully
Colonel Nicholas Merryman Bosley
1822
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 38 3/4 x 33 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (98.4 x 86 x 11.7 cm) Unframed: 30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (76.8 x 64.8 cm) Sight: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Nicholas B. Merryman III (Virginia Thompson Merryman), Chesapeake City, Maryland
Object Number
2015.291
In original Baltimore frame, and accompanied by the sitter's handwritten commission dated 14th June 1814 appointing him Colonel in the Army
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Virginia Merryman, Elkton,MD
Sona K. Johnston, "American Paintings 1750-1900" from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 169-170
Sona K. Johnston, "American Paintings 1750-1900) from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 169-170 (for BMA 1956.115 a 19th century copy of this painting)