Thomas Sully (1783-1872)

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Sample Page.

Hints to Young Painters, and the Process of Portrait-painting, as Practiced by the Late Thomas Sully. Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1873.

Audubon met Thomas Sully in Philadelphia in 1824 when he contracted his services as an art tutor. Thomas Sully, a well-known portrait artist, recognized Audubon's skill as a painter and encouraged his ambition by providing him with oil-painting lessons.

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Sully's palette.