American 1783-1872
Lost Child, 1867
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Lost Child”/ Copied from a former/ Picture/ TS 1867 on the reverse
Oil on canvas
21 x 17 inches

Literature:
The Artist’s Account Book, p. 131
Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), 1921, p. 344, no. 2167 Note: Thomas Sully based this version of “The Lost Child” on the painting now owned by the Denver Art Museum. The Denver painting was begun as a commission from the lithographer, Cephas Grier Childs, in 1829.Sully evidently did not complete the work for Childs, but returned to the composition and finished the first painting in 1837.

Craquelure; inpainting at the edges of the painting and along some of the contours of the figure, these restorations were done over at least two campaigns.

Craquelure; inpainting at the edges of the painting and along some of the contours of the figure, these restorations were done over at least two campaigns.

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