The Love Letter

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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One of Sully's most popular compositions, of which he painted numerous replicas (Biddle and Fielding 1921, nos. 2396–2403). This version was presumably bought by the tenor Joseph Wood and his wife, the soprano Mary Ann Paton, during their American tour in 1836 when Sully painted Mary Ann's portrait (National Portrait Gallery), or perhaps when Sully visited England to paint Queen Victoria in 1837.

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford

Title

The Love Letter

Date

1834

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 64 x W 76 cm

Accession number

WA1902.3

Acquisition method

Presented by Robert Henry Wood, 1902

Work type

Painting

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