Portrait of Seated Man with Pen and Paper; Standing Female Nude, Rear View (from Sketchbook) 1810 - 1820

This watercolor sketch by Thomas Sully, titled "Portrait of Seated Man with Pen and Paper; Standing Female Nude, Rear View (from Sketchbook)," shows a seated man in the left part of the composition working on a piece of paper with a quill pen. The figure is rendered in a painterly style, but the woman on the right is sketched in simple lines. The artist, Thomas Sully, was a prominent portraitist active in the early 19th century. This intimate sketch offers a glimpse into Sully's artistic process, demonstrating his skill in capturing both the likeness of the seated man and the form of the nude figure.