● On view now — 205 Federal American
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Sully's working motto was "flattery--nothing so sure of success as flattering your portraits."
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Thomas Wilcocks Sully and Thomas Sully — Major Thomas Biddle
Sir William Beechey — George IV (1762–1830), When Prince of 
John Neagle — Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton
William Beechey (British, 1753–1839) — Portrait of a Man
Asher Brown Durand|Thomas Sully|James Herring|Stephen Decatu
Thomas Sully — Captain Charles Stewart
John Wesley Jarvis — Commodore John Rodgers
Asher Brown Durand|John Wesley Jarvis|James Herring|Jacob Br
Charles Howard Hodges — Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of 
Max Rosenthal (American, 1833–1918) — George Washington
Charles Howard Hodges — Christian Edouard Fraser (1812-79), 
John Russell — Robert Shurlock (1772–1847)
