Daniel La Motte

Thomas Sully, Daniel La Motte, 1812-1813, oil on canvas mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand La Motte III, 1983.76
Thomas Sully, Daniel La Motte, 1812-1813, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 36 3⁄8 x 29 in. (92.3 x 73.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand La Motte III, 1983.76
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Artwork Details

Title
Daniel La Motte
Artist
Date
1812-1813
Location
Dimensions
36 3⁄8 x 29 in. (92.3 x 73.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand La Motte III
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — La Motte, Daniel
Object Number
1983.76
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.76

Artwork Description

Wilmington, Delaware landowner and cotton merchant Daniel la Motte appears in the latest London fashion, his stylish clothes and relaxed demeanor reflecting the current style of portraiture popular in England and Europe.Artist Thomas Sully had just completed a sojourn to London and Paris, returning to Philadelphia prepared to paint sitters like La Motte as American aristocrats. His portrait of La Motte reflects American ambitions to be a great nation, aspiring to cultural parity with the Old World.

Works by this artist (7 items)

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Thomas Sully, Daniel La Motte, 1812-1813, oil on canvas mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand La Motte III, 1983.76
Daniel La Motte
Artist
Date1812-1813
oil on canvas mounted on wood
On view
Thomas Sully, Mary Abigail Willing Coale, 1809, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, George Buchanan Coale Collection, 1926.6.4
Mary Abigail Willing Coale
Artist
Date1809
oil on wood
On view
Andrea Appiani, Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Thomas Sully, Napoleon as General, 1847, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.13
Napoleon as General
Artist
Date1847
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Thomas Sully, Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, ca. 1833, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.18
Frances Anne ​“Fanny” Kemble
Artist
Dateca. 1833
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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