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Lot description
LAWRENCE (1769-1803) OR THOMAS SULLY (1783-1872), ATTRIBUTED, MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF MAJOR BYRD GEORGE (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 1768-1836), watercolor, depicting a handsome gentleman with sandy-colored hair, blue eyes, and a fashionable high-collared jacket with a cravat and white collared shirt. No signature located. Retains the likely original fitted case, and a hanging tag which reads "Major / Byrd / George. / War / 1812" with a faint "L. Sully" written in pencil on the backside. Housed in the original rose gold frame that tested as 10K gold fineness, having a small window on the backside showing woven locks of the sitter's hair. Circa 1815. 3" x 2 1/2" OA, 3 1/2" x 2 7/8" case. Catalogue Note: This portrait was lent by "The Misses Boykin" to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for a 1941 exhibition, the catalogue from the exhibition attributes the work to Lawrence Sully. Major Byrd George (1768-1836) lived in Richmond / Henrico Co., VA for most of his life. His son, John George, married Anna Burton (1808-1855) whose childhood portrait is in this sale (lot 2365) along with other related miniature portraits from the same family.