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Sully, Thomas,
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait female -- Kirkland, William, Mrs. (Susan Virginia Shelton)
Portrait female -- Womack, Thomas B., Mrs. (Eliza Ann Shelton)
Portrait female -- Coffey, Mrs. (Maria S. Shelton)
Painting
Shelton Sisters, Maria S., Susan Virginia, and Eliza Ann, (painting).
Artist:
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872, painter. (attributed to)
Title:
Shelton Sisters, Maria S., Susan Virginia, and Eliza Ann, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1846.
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings
Portrait female -- Kirkland, William, Mrs. (Susan Virginia Shelton)
Portrait female -- Womack, Thomas B., Mrs. (Eliza Ann Shelton)
Portrait female -- Coffey, Mrs. (Maria S. Shelton)
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Unlocated.
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Atkinson, Sherman T., Mrs., 1940.
Remarks:
The Shelton sisters were the daughters of William Shelton. They were born near Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Pennsylvania. Soon after this portrait was finished, they moved to Brandon, Mississippi, where family had extensive land holdings. The family moved to Victoria, Texas after the death of their father, William. Susan Virginia Shelton married William Kirkland and lived in Houston Texas. Eliza Ann Shelton married Thomas Womack. Maria S. Shelton married a Mr. Coffey and they lived in Victoria, Texas, where she died. The formerly owner, Mrs. Sherman T. Atkinson, was the granddaughter of Eliza Ann Shelton Womack.
References:
Crawford, Sybil F., 2003.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 74840236
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