In this painting, three women are depicted standing and sitting closely together. The women have fair complexions and dark hair in ringlets, and they are smiling slightly. The woman on the left appears to be standing, and her body is turned to the right while her head is turned over her shoulder to face us. She wears a light blue dress with a brown shawl, and she is holding the edge of a red book that rests on a small table in the bottom right corner. The woman in the middle also appears to be standing, and she is wearing a golden-yellow off-the-shoulder garment. One of her hands is on the…
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The Coleman Sisters

Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783 - 1872)

1844

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 112.5 x 87.5 cm (44 5/16 x 34 7/16 in.) ; framed: 146.7 x 121.9 x 14 cm (57 3/4 x 48 x 5 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of William C. Freeman
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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