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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American
Peale's enthusiasm for the nascent national government brought him to the capital, Philadelphia, in 1776, where he painted portraits of American notables and visitors from overseas. His estate, which is on the campus of
Peale had a great interest in natural history, and organized the first U.S. scientific expedition in 1801. These two major interests combined in his founding of what became the Philadelphia Museum, later known as Peale's American Museum. It housed a diverse collection of botanical, biological, and archaeological specimens. In 1786, Peale was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
The museum contained a large variety of birds which Peale himself acquired, and in many instances mounted, having taught himself taxidermy. In 1792, Peale initiated a correspondence with Thomas Hall, of the Finsbury Museum, City Road, Finsbury, London proposing to purchase British stuffed items for his museum. Eventually, an exchange system was established between the two, whereby Peale sent American birds to Hall in exchange for an equal number of British birds. This arrangement continued until the end of the century. The Peale Museum was the first to display a mastodon skeleton (which in Peale's time were referred to as mammoth bones; these common names were amended by
In 1762, Peale married Rachel Brewer (1744–1790), who bore him ten children, most of them named for Peale's favorite artists, male and female. Among their sons and daughters, some of whom he taught to paint, were:
* Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), who some consider to be the first professional American painter of still-life.
* Angelica Kauffman Peale (1775–1853), who was named for 
In 1810, Peale purchased a farm in Germantown, where he intended to retire. He named this estate " Belfield" and cultivated extensive gardens there. After Hannah's death in 1821, Peale lived with his son Rubens and sold Belfield in 1826. Peale died on February 22, 1827, and was buried at the Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia alongside his wife Elizabeth DePeyster.
Around 1804, Peale obtained the American patent rights to the polygraph from its inventor John Isaac Hawkins, about the same time as the purchase of one by Thomas Jefferson. Peale and Jefferson collaborated on refinements to this device, which enabled a copy of a handwritten letter to be produced simultaneously with the original.
Peale wrote several books. Two of these were ''An Essay on Building Wooden Bridges'' (1797) and ''An Epistle to a Friend on the Means of Preserving Health'' (1803).
* Three of his sons, Rembrandt Peale, Raphaelle Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale, became noted artists.
* The World War II cargo Liberty Ship S.S. ''Charles Willson Peale'' was named in his honor.
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Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Robinson, 1795
''Charles Willson Peale and His World''
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Peale-Sellers Family Collection at the American Philosophical Society
Overview of an archival collection on Charles Willson Peale.
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James Madison, Bust Portrait Miniature
by Peale from the
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at The Library of Congress
Catherine "Kitty" Floyd, Bust Portrait Miniature
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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, and for establishing one of the first museums in the United States.
Early life
Peale was born in 1741 between modern-day Queenstown and Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, the son of Charles Peale (1709–1750) and his wife Margaret Triggs (1709–1791). He had a younger brother,James Peale
James Peale (1749 – May 24, 1831) was an American Painting, painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale.
Early life
Peale was born in Chestertown, Maryland, ...
(1749–1831). He was the brother-in-law of Nathaniel Ramsey
Nathaniel Ramsey (May 1, 1741– October 23, 1817) was an American lawyer and soldier from Cecil County, Maryland, Cecil County, Maryland. Ramsey fought in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Congress of ...
, a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States of America during the Confederation period, March 1, 1781 – Mar ...
.
Four years after his father’s death in 1750, Charles became an apprentice to a saddle maker by the name of Nathan Waters when he was thirteen years old. Upon reaching maturity, he opened his own saddle shop and joined the Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It pl ...
in 1764 in opposition to the “court” party of Maryland. However, he was unsuccessful in saddle making. He then tried fixing clocks and working with metals, but both of these endeavors failed as well. He then took up painting.
Career as a painter
Finding that he had a talent for painting, especially portraiture, Peale studied for a time underJohn Hesselius
John Hesselius (1728–1778) was an American portrait painter who worked mostly in Virginia and Maryland. He was the son of the Swedish-born portraitist Gustavus Hesselius. He painted the portraits of many wealthy politicians and planters in Col ...
and John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. Afte ...
. John Beale Bordley and friends eventually raised enough money for him to travel to England to take instruction from Benjamin West. Peale studied with West for three years beginning in 1767, afterward returning to America and settling in Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
. There, he taught painting to his younger brother, James Peale
James Peale (1749 – May 24, 1831) was an American Painting, painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale.
Early life
Peale was born in Chestertown, Maryland, ...
, who in time also became a noted artist.
American Revolution
Peale's enthusiasm for the nascent national government brought him to the capital, Philadelphia, in 1776, where he painted portraits of American notables and visitors from overseas. His estate, which is on the campus of La Salle University
La Salle University () is a private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle.
History
La ...
in Philadelphia, can still be visited. He also raised troops for the War of Independence and eventually gained the rank of captain in the Pennsylvania militia
The Pennsylvania National Guard is one of the oldest and largest National Guards in the United States Department of Defense. It traces its roots to 1747 when Benjamin Franklin established the Associators in Philadelphia.
With more than 18,000 per ...
by 1776, having participated in several battles. While in the field, he continued to paint, doing miniature portraits of various officers in the Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
. He produced enlarged versions of these in later years. He served in the Pennsylvania state assembly in 1779–1780, after which he returned to painting full-time.
Peale was quite prolific as an artist. While he did portraits of scores of historic figures (such as James Varnum
James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, generalHeitman, ''Officers of the Continental Army'', 559. in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country.Wilkins, ''Memoirs of the R ...
, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795.
Born out of wedlock in Charlest ...
), he is probably best known for his portraits of George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
. The first time Washington sat for a portrait was with Peale in 1772, and they had six other sittings; using these seven as models, Peale produced altogether close to 60 portraits of Washington. In January 2005, a full-length portrait of '' Washington at Princeton'' from 1779 sold for $21.3 million, setting a record for the highest price paid for an American portrait.
One of his most celebrated paintings is ''The Staircase Group'' (1795), a double portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian, painted in the '' trompe-l'œil'' style. It is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...
.
Peale Museum
Peale had a great interest in natural history, and organized the first U.S. scientific expedition in 1801. These two major interests combined in his founding of what became the Philadelphia Museum, later known as Peale's American Museum. It housed a diverse collection of botanical, biological, and archaeological specimens. In 1786, Peale was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
The museum contained a large variety of birds which Peale himself acquired, and in many instances mounted, having taught himself taxidermy. In 1792, Peale initiated a correspondence with Thomas Hall, of the Finsbury Museum, City Road, Finsbury, London proposing to purchase British stuffed items for his museum. Eventually, an exchange system was established between the two, whereby Peale sent American birds to Hall in exchange for an equal number of British birds. This arrangement continued until the end of the century. The Peale Museum was the first to display a mastodon skeleton (which in Peale's time were referred to as mammoth bones; these common names were amended by Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier ...
in 1800, and his proposed usage is that employed today) that Peale found in New York State. Peale worked with his son to mount the skeleton for display.
The display of the "mammoth" bones entered Peale into a long-standing debate between Thomas Jefferson and Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste.
His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two prominent F ...
. Buffon argued that Europe was superior to the Americas biologically, which was illustrated through the size of animals found there. Jefferson referenced the existence of these "mammoths" (which he believed still roamed northern regions of the continent) as evidence for a greater biodiversity in America. Peale's display of these bones drew attention from Europe, as did his method of re-assembling large skeletal specimens in three dimensions.
The museum was among the first to adopt Linnaean taxonomy. This system drew a stark contrast between Peale's museum and his competitors who presented their artifacts as mysterious oddities of the natural world.
The museum underwent several moves during its existence. At various times it was located in several prominent buildings including Independence Hall and the original home of the American Philosophical Society.
The museum would eventually fail, in large part because Peale was unsuccessful at obtaining government funding. After his death, the museum was sold to, and split up by, showmen P. T. Barnum and Moses Kimball.
Personal life
In 1762, Peale married Rachel Brewer (1744–1790), who bore him ten children, most of them named for Peale's favorite artists, male and female. Among their sons and daughters, some of whom he taught to paint, were:
* Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), who some consider to be the first professional American painter of still-life.
* Angelica Kauffman Peale (1775–1853), who was named for Angelica Kauffmann
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, K ...
(Peale's favorite female painter) and who married Alexander Robinson.
* Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), portrait painter, inventor, businessman, museum owner/operator in Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...
. He founded the "Gas Light Company of Baltimore" in 1817, now Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). He was the father of artist Rosalba Carriera Peale.
* Titian Ramsay Peale I (1780–1798), ornithologist. He died at age of 18.
* Rubens Peale (1784–1865), museum administrator and artist.
* Sophonisba Angusciola Peale
Sophonisba Angusciola (Peale) Sellers (April 24, 1786 – October 26, 1859), known by the nickname "Sopy", was an early American ornithologist and artist. She was also a noted quilt-maker and a surviving example of her work is preserved in the ...
(1786–1859), ornithologist. She married Coleman Sellers (1781–1834) in 1805. She was the mother of Coleman Sellers II.
After Rachel's death in 1790, Peale married Elizabeth de Peyster (1765–1804), a descendant of Johannes de Peyster
Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster II (September 21, 1666 – September 25, 1711) was the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699.Wilson, James Grant (ed.The memorial history of the City of New-York, Vol. II p. 54 (1892)Allaben, ...
, the next year. With his second wife, he had six additional children, including:
* Charles Linnaeus Peale (1794–1832), who was named for Charles Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist and zoologist.
* Franklin Peale (1795–1870), who became the Chief Coiner at the Philadelphia Mint.
* Titian Ramsay Peale II
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian ( Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, ne ...
(1799–1885), explorer, ornithologist, scientific illustrator, and photographer.
* Elizabeth De Peyster Peale (1802–1857), who married William Augustus Patterson (1792–1833) in 1820.
Hannah Moore, a Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
from Philadelphia, married Peale in 1805, becoming his third wife. She helped to raise the younger children from his previous two marriages.
Peale's slave, Moses Williams, was also trained in the arts while growing up in the Peale household and later became a professional silhouette artist.
In 1810, Peale purchased a farm in Germantown, where he intended to retire. He named this estate " Belfield" and cultivated extensive gardens there. After Hannah's death in 1821, Peale lived with his son Rubens and sold Belfield in 1826. Peale died on February 22, 1827, and was buried at the Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia alongside his wife Elizabeth DePeyster.
Expertise
A Renaissance man, Peale had expertise not only in painting but also in many diverse fields, includingcarpentry
Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters tr ...
, dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...
, optometry
Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care.
In the Uni ...
, shoemaking
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.
Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cobblers (also known as '' cordwainers''). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds of masters, journeymen ...
, and taxidermy. In 1802, John Isaac Hawkins patented the second official physiognotrace, a mechanical drawing device, and partnered with Peale to market it to prospective buyers. Peale sent a watercolor sketch of the physiognotrace, along with a detailed explanation, to Thomas Jefferson. The drawing is now held with the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.
Around 1804, Peale obtained the American patent rights to the polygraph from its inventor John Isaac Hawkins, about the same time as the purchase of one by Thomas Jefferson. Peale and Jefferson collaborated on refinements to this device, which enabled a copy of a handwritten letter to be produced simultaneously with the original.
Peale wrote several books. Two of these were ''An Essay on Building Wooden Bridges'' (1797) and ''An Epistle to a Friend on the Means of Preserving Health'' (1803).
Legacy and honors
* Three of his sons, Rembrandt Peale, Raphaelle Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale, became noted artists.
* The World War II cargo Liberty Ship S.S. ''Charles Willson Peale'' was named in his honor.
Notable works
Anne Catherine Hoof Green
Anne Catherine Hoof Green (c.1720 – March 23, 1775) was a printer and publisher in Maryland.
Early life
Anne Hoof was most likely born in the Netherlands around 1720. She emigrated to Philadelphia with her parents sometime between 1720 an ...
'' (1769)
File:Nancy Hallam as Fidele in Shakespeare's Cymbeline Charles Willson Peale 1771.jpeg, ''Nancy Hallam as Fidele in Shakespeare's '' Cymbeline (1771)
File:Charles Willson Peale, American - Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and their Daughter Anne - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and their Daughter Anne'' (1772)
File:Washington 1772.jpg, ''George Washington in uniform, as colonel of the First Virginia Regiment'' (1772)
File:Peale, Charles Wilson - Henrietta Maria Bordley, 1773, age 10.jpg, ''Henrietta Maria Bordley at age 10'' (1773), Honolulu Academy of Arts
File:МиниатюраДжВашингтон002.jpg, ''Miniature portrait of George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
'' (1775–76)
File:Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. James Smith and Grandson - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Mrs. James Smith and Grandson'' (1776) (see William Smith)
File:Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis.jpg, ''Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis'' (1777–1780)
File:Washington peale.jpg, ''Portrait of George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
'' (1779)
File:Charles Willson Peale - John Laurens - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Miniature of John Laurens'' (1780)
File:Baron Steuben by Peale, 1780.jpg, '' Baron Frederick William von Steuben'' (1780)
File:Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie (Charles Willson Peale).jpg, '' Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie'' (1782)
File:ArthurStClairOfficialPortrait.jpg, ''Arthur St. Clair
Arthur St. Clair ( – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office. During ...
'' (1782)
File:William Moultrie portrait.jpg, '' William Moultrie'' (1782)
File:greene portrait.jpg, '' Nathanael Greene'' (1783)
File:Benjamin lincoln by charles wilson peale.jpg, '' Benjamin Lincoln'' (1784)
File:Henry Knox by Peale.jpg, '' Henry Knox'' (1784)
File:George Washington at Princeton-PAFA.jpg, ''George Washington at the Battle of Princeton
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the comman ...
'' (1784)
File:Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown.jpg, ''Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman Tilghman may refer to:
People
* Tilghman (surname), a surname and a list of people with the surname
* Tilghman Howard (1797–1844), American politician
* Tilghman Tucker (1802–1859), American politician, governor of Mississippi from 1842 to 1844 ...
at Yorktown'' (1784)
File:Brooklyn Museum - Mrs. David Forman and Child - Charles Willson Peale - overall.jpg, ''Mrs. David Forman and Child'' (), Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ...
File:John Hazelwood, Peale.jpg, '' John Hazelwood'' (178?)
File:Timothy Matlack.jpg, ''Timothy Matlack
Timothy Matlack (March 28, 1736 – April 14, 1829) was an American politician, military officer and businessman. A brewer and beer bottler who emerged as a popular and powerful leader in the American Revolutionary War, Matlack served as Secretar ...
'' ()
File:Jefferson-peale.jpg, '' Thomas Jefferson'' (1791)
File:CWPeale .jpg, ''Charles Pettit
Charles Pettit (1736 – September 4, 1806) was an American lawyer and merchant from New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Confederation Congress from 1785 to 1787.
Biography
Charles Pettit w ...
'' (1792)
File:Charles Willson Peale - David Rittenhouse - Google Art Project.jpg, '' David Rittenhouse'' (1796)
File:Joseph Brant by Charles Willson Peale 1797.jpg, ''Joseph Brant
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk people, Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York (state), New York, who was closely associated with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great B ...
'' (1797)
File:James Wilkinson.jpg, ''James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier, politician, and double agent who was associated with several scandals and controversies.
He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, b ...
'' (1797)
File:James Mitchell Varnum.jpg, '' James Mitchell Varnum'' (1804)
File:C W Peale - The Exhumation of the Mastadon.jpeg, ''Exhuming the First American Mastodon'' (1806)
File:Meriwether Lewis-Charles Willson Peale.jpg, ''Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with ...
'' (1807)
File:William Clark-Charles Willson Peale.jpg, '' William Clark'' (1810)
File:Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819. Charles Willson Peale.jpg, '' Yarrow Mamout'' (1819)
See also
*Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site
The Peale's Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site, near Montgomery, New York, is the site of an 1801 exhumation of a mastodon which became "the world's first fully articulated prehistoric skeleton". The exhumation was led by artist/scientist Charle ...
* George Escol Sellers, grandson who was an inventor
* "The New Museum Idea"
References
Sources * Lily Bita, ''Charles Willson Peale, the patriarch'' "Apodemon Epos" Magazine of European Art Center (EUARCE) of Greece, 2st issue 1997 p. 3Further reading
*Miller, Lillian B. 1980. ''The Collected Papers Of Charles Willson Peale And His Family: A Guide and Index to the Microfiche Edition'' *Miller, Lillian B. (editor). 1983 - 2000 ''Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family Volumes 1-5:'' Yale University Press * Ward, David C. 2004 ''Charles Willson Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic'' Berkley, California : University of California PressExternal links
Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Robinson, 1795
''Charles Willson Peale and His World''
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Peale-Sellers Family Collection at the American Philosophical Society
Overview of an archival collection on Charles Willson Peale.
* ttp://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=peale%2C+charles%25&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500017914 Union List of Artist Names, Getty Vocabularies.ULAN Full Record Display for Charles Willson Peale. Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California.
James Madison, Bust Portrait Miniature
by Peale from the
Rare Book and Special Collection Division
at The Library of Congress
Catherine "Kitty" Floyd, Bust Portrait Miniature
by Peale from th
Rare Book and Special Collection Division
at The Library of Congress {{DEFAULTSORT:Peale, Charles Willson 1741 births 1827 deaths 18th-century American painters 18th-century American male artists 19th-century American painters American male painters American slave owners American people of English descent American portrait painters Trompe-l'œil artists Museum founders Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution People from Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
Sibling artists
People of colonial Maryland
Burials at St. Peter's churchyard, Philadelphia
19th-century American male artists
Members of the American Philosophical Society