Thomas Sully
Stephen Decatur
1813
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 3/8 x 30 x 4 3/8 in. (100 x 76.2 x 11.1 cm) Sight: 32 1/4 x 23 in. (81.9 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John D. Schapiro
Object Number
1976.83
George North Tatham, Philadelphia; to his nephew, Edwin Tatham; to his widow, Sara Potter Tatham; to her brother-in-law, Charles Tatham; C. W. Lyon, Inc., New York, 1940; Mr. and Mrs. Norvin H. Green; Green Sale, New York, 1950; Morris Schapiro, Baltimore; to his son, John Schapiro, Baltimore
Wendy A. Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; New York: Abbeville Press, 1993, page 243.
