Creator |
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872. |
Title |
James Logan. |
Date |
1831 |
Physical Description |
Oil on canvas ; 30 x 25 1/4 (1 1/1 x 3 1/2) inches ; Framed: 37 3/8 x 31 3/8 x(2 1/1+1) 3 inches. |
Is referenced by |
Hart, Charles Henry. Thomas Sully's Register of Portraits, 1801-1871. Philadelphia: s.n., 1909 (#1065 on p. 108, "Copy for
Franklin Liby").
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Biddle, Edward and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully. Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1921 (#1109). |
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Benjamin Franklin and His Circle. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936 (#78). |
Notes |
The Library Company directors commissioned Thomas Sully to replace the portrait of James Logan that was destroyed in a fire
in the Loganian Library on Jan. 6, 1831. Sully copied his painting from a portrait by Gustavus Hesselius in the possession
of Mrs. D. Logan of Stenton (now in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania/Atwater Kent) and received two
shares of LCP stock in payment.
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LCP Minutes vol. 5, Jan. 7, 1831, p. 309, "The destruction of an original portrait of James Logan, the distinguished donor
of the Library bearing his name...is...a subject of great regret..." Loganian Library Minutes vol. 1, Nov. 10, 1831, p. 202-203:
"An order was drawn ... for two shares of the stock of said company agreed to be given to Thomas Sully, Esqr. for painting
a portrait of the founder of the Loganian Library from the one in the possession of Mrs. D. Logan of Stenton."
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Commissioned by the Directors of the Library Company, 1831. |
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Exhibited at the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia, in the "Wm. Penn Parlor" (1864). Exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art's exhibition, Benjamin Franklin and His Circle (1936).
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Subject |
Logan, James, 1674-1751 -- Portraits. |
Genre |
Painting. |
Location |
OBJ 255 |
Accession number |
OBJ 255 |