Autograph Letter Signed “Thos Sully” to Mr. Benson J. Lossing concerning a portrait of Stephan Decatur 1779-1820

by Thomas Sully

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Half page. 1 vols. 8vo. Lined paper. Fine. Edward Biddle & Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully, 1783-1872, #450 Portrait of Decatur referred to here . Item #25926 Thomas Sully 1783-1872 emigrated from England at the age of 9 and grew up in Charleston. He learned painting from his brother Lawrence whose widow he subsequently married , and from his brother-in-law Jean Belzons; he later studied with Benjamin West in

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