General Sylvanus Thayer (1785-1872), Class of 1807
Thomas Sully, American, 1783 - 1872
1832
Oil on canvas; Transferred to tempered aluminum panel
Overall: 30 × 25 1/8 in. (76.2 × 63.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of General Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1807
P.867.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right: T S (in monogram); Partial gummed label, on frame, on reverse: ...OMB-MACKLIN CO. / ...URE FRAME MAKERS / ...5 WEST 27th STREET / NEW YORK [Newcomb-Macklin Co., early 20th century)
Exhibition History
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
West Point's Rigor, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Special Issue, Dartmouth's Gifts to the World, April 1994, Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College, 1994, ill. p. 41
William B. Streett, The Military Influence on American Engineering Education, Cornell Engineering Quarterly, Winter 1993, Volume 27, Number 2, New York: College of Engineering, Cornell University, 1993, pp. 4-5., ill. p. 4.
Barbara J. MacAdam, A Likeness of Our Best Friend, Directions, Hanover, New Hampshire: Thayer School of Engineering, Fall 1989, pp. 24-256, ill. p. 24.
H. G. Rugg, S.C. Hayward, C.P. Lathrop, Catalogue of Portraits, and other works of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1932, p. 39, no. 164; illus. opp. p. 53.
George Hill Evans, Catalogue of Portraits and other works of art in the gallery of Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1901, p. 27, no. 81.
Nardi Reeder Campion, "Who Was Sylvanus Thayer?", Dartmouth Engineer: The Magazine of Thayer School of Engineering, Volume 1, Number 1,Fall 2004, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2004, pp. 13-16, ill. cover.
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1978, p. 59, no. 51.
Edward Biddle and Mantle Fieldings, Life and Works of Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, 1921, p. 295.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 30, no. 11.
Michael A. Bonura, French Lessons at West Point: How Napoleonic strategy and tactics influenced generations of American officers, MHQ:The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Autumn 2014, Vol. 27, Number 1, Leesburg, Virginia: Weider History Group, pp.98-104, ill. p. 101.
Provenance
Sylvanus Thayer (1785-1872); given to present collection, 1867.
Catalogue Raisonne
Biddle 1776
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