John Myers
Artist
Thomas Sully
(American, 1783-1872)
CultureAmerican
Date1808
MediumOil on paper | Canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/4 x 24 1/4 x 1/4 in. (74.3 x 61.6 x 0.6 cm)
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.
Object numberM51.1.271
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Drawing Room
ProvenanceDescended in the family to Barton Myers (1853-1927); Colonial House Corporation, 1931; City of Norfolk, 1951; Chrysler Museum of Art, 1997. Exhibition HistoryMyers House, Norfolk, Va., 1931--present. _Facing the New World: Jewish Portraits in Colonial and Federal America_, The Jewish Museum, New York, Sept. 21, 1997--Jan. 11, 1998, no. 71. Published ReferencesThomas Sully, "Account of Pictures," 1801-1872, Archives of American Art, microfilm, n.p. Sam Hays, Philadelphia, to John Myers, Norfolk, 3 April 1808, photocopy, Moses Myers Family Papers, Jean Outland Chrysler Library, Chrysler Museum of Art. Thomas Sully, "Journal," 17 April 1808, Archives of American Art, microfilm, n.p. _Handbook of the Myers House, 1792, Norfolk, Virginia_, The Norfolk Museum, 1960, n.p. Beth N. Rossheim, "Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Beginning Portraitist in Norfolk" (M.A. thesis, Old Dominion University, 1981), 51-5-4, fig. 4. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 162. Richard Brilliant, _Facing the New World: Jewish Portraits in Colonial and Federal America_ exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New York, 1997, Plate 11, 83--84, fig. 71.
