Udney Maria Blakeley (1815–1842)

Artist Thomas Sully (American, born Great Britain, 1783–1872)

Date1830

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Frame: 36 7/8 x 31 13/16 in. (93.7 x 80.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund in memory of Lucy Hanes Chatham; and Dr. Edgar D. Baker and Dr. G. Fred Hale

Object numberG.68.18.1

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Provenance**Commissioned by Jane Anne Blakeley [1] Abbott, mother of subject, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, 1830; created United States, 1830; to husband of subject, Dr. Joseph von Bretton, Baron von Bretton, St. Croix, 1841 (?); to daughter by second wife; Udney Maria Blakeley [2] Treffry, Place, Fowey, Cornwall, England; to son, Col. Edward Treffry, Place, Fowley, Cornwall, 1924 (?); bequeathed to wife, Ann Treffry; [Harvard Works of Art, Ltd., London, 1961]; [John Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London, 1961; [Newhouse Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1968.

[1] Mrs. Robert
[2] Mrs. Charles Ebenezer