John Quincy Adams

Provenance

Henry Clay [1777-1852], Lexington, Kentucky; his son, James B. Clay [1817-1864], Lexington, Kentucky; his son, George H. Clay, Lexington, Kentucky; purchased March 1920 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA.

John Quincy Adams

Sully, Thomas

1824

Accession Number

1942.8.30

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.) | framed: 80 x 69.9 x 5.4 cm (31 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection