Catherine Fuller Potter, (Mrs. John Potter)
Catherine Fuller Potter, (Mrs. John Potter)

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Catherine Fuller Potter, (Mrs. John Potter)

Thomas Sully, 1783–1872; born Horncastle, England; died Philadelphia, PA
y1980-1

Information

Title
Catherine Fuller Potter, (Mrs. John Potter)
Maker
Thomas Sully
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Overall: 77 x 63 cm (30 5/16 x 24 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Potter

Object Number
y1980-1
Marks/Labels/Seals

Verso, top left of stretcher: paper label giving family genealogy: 1770 Catherine Fuller Potter 1848 / (from Beaufort, S.C.) / Granddaughter of Margaret Graham, daughter of Wlater Graham / of Gartur, descendant of Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Monteith, / and Thomas Stewart of Ballymoran, County Down, Ireland / Married John Potter, son of James Potter of Mount Potter, and Catherine / daughter of Sir John Stewart of Ballymoran, County Down, Ireland / Their son James married Sarah Jones Grimes / Their son John married Alice Beirn Steenberger / Their son James married Elizabeth Perkins Sturgis / Their son Robert Sturgis married Dorothy Tweedy / (Sully catalogue 1408).;

Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Subject
portraits, women, figures (representations), veils

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