biography of Blanche SULLY (1814-1898)

Birth place: Phila.

Death place: Phila.

Addresses: Phila.

Profession: Amateur painter and sketcher

Comments: A daughter of Thomas Sully (see entry). She traveled with her father on several of his painting trips, including to England in 1838 when he painted a portrait of Queen Victoria; and to Charleston in 1841, when she made some sketches of Charleston scenes. Her sisters Rosalie, Ellen, and Jane were also painters.

Sources: G&W; Hart, Register of Portraits, 13; Biddie and Fielding, Life and Works of Thomas Sully, 49-52; Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston, 151, 163.