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| Keywords: 1819 Passage OfThe Delaware byThomasSully MFABoston.jpeg Artwork creator Thomas Sully 1819 Oil canvas in 146 5 207 institution Museum of Fine Arts Boston object history credit line The Passage of the Delaware was commissioned by the state of North Carolina for the Senate Hall of the State House in Raleigh Sully's painting was never hung in the State House Although Sully had corresponded with the North Carolina governor regarding the dimensions of his canvas he had already begun painting by the time he received a reply The final composition was too large to fit in any of the spaces of the Senate Hall Instead shortly after its completion the artist sold the painting to John Doggett a Boston frame maker who also exhibited pictures It was purchased from Doggett before 1841 by the Boston Museum-no relation to the Museum of Fine Arts but rather a theater with a picture gallery located on Tremont Street-where it remained until 1903 when the owners gave it to the MFA -- http //www mfa org/collections/search_art asp recview true id 31231 This text was adapted from Davis et al MFA Highlights American Painting Boston 2003 accession number http //www mfa org/collections/search_art asp recview true id 31231 PD-old-100-1923 Paintings by Thomas Sully Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Paintings of battles of the American Revolutionary War John Doggett Co Doggett's Repository of Arts American paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston New York and New Jersey campaign | ||||
