Charles Willson Peale (1741 – 1827)

• Was an American painter, 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.
• Peale studied for a time under John Hesselius and John Singleton Copley.
• John Beale Bordley and friends eventually raised enough money for him to travel to England to take instruction from Benjamin West.
• While he did portraits of scores of historic figures as James Varnum, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton, he is probably best known for his portraits of George Washington.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Peale Lamenting the Death of Her Child, 1772, enlarged 1776; retouched 1818.
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Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Peale Lamenting the Death of Her Child, 1772, enlarged 1776; retouched 1818

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018/2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Peale Lamenting the Death of Her Child, 1772, enlarged 1776; retouched 1818

Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018/2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819

Charles Willson Peale, Self-Portrait in the Museum, 1822

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Self-Portrait in the Museum, 1822

Charles Willson Peale, Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I), 1795

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I), 1795

Charles Willson Peale, Thomas and Henry Sergeant, c 1787

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Charles Willson Peale, Thomas and Henry Sergeant, c 1787

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Charles Wilson Peale (Hannah Moore), 1816

Original, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Visited in 2018.

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Charles Wilson Peale (Hannah Moore), 1816

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777-80

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2023.

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777-80

Charles Willson Peale, Samuel Mifflin, 1777-80

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2023.

Charles Willson Peale, Samuel Mifflin, 1777-80

Mother Caressing Her Convalescent Child (Angelica Kauffmann Peale Robinson and Her Daughter Charlotte) (1817-18)

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Mother Caressing Her Convalescent Child (Angelica Kauffmann Peale Robinson and Her Daughter Charlotte) (1817-18)

Charles Willson Peale, Charles Waterton (1782-1865), 1824

Original, National Portrait Gallery, London. Visited in 2018.

Charles Willson Peale, Charles Waterton (1782-1865), 1824

Belfield Garden (1816)

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Charles Pettit, 1792

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale - Charles Pettit (1792)

Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, 1795

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale, George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, about 1779

Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale, James Peale, 1822

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale, James Peale, 1822

Charles Willson Peale, Peggy Sanderson Hughes and her Daughter, ca. 1788-1789

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Peggy Sanderson Hughes and her Daughter, ca. 1788-1789

Charles Willson Peale, Belfield Garden, around 1816

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Belfield Garden, around 1816

Charles Willson Peale, Belfield Garden, 1816

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne, 1772

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018/2020.

Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne, 1772

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. David (Ann Marsh) Forman and Child, c. 1785

Original, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Visited in 2018-2022.

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. David (Ann Marsh) Forman and Child, c. 1785

Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, 1776

Original, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Visited in 2018-2022.

Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, 1776

Charles Willson Peale, Mordecai Gist, ca. 1774

Original, De Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Visited in 2022.

Charles Willson Peale, Timothy Matlack, about 1790

Original, Museum of Fine Art Boston. Visited in 2018-2023.

Charles Willson Peale, Timothy Matlack, about 1790

Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, 1784

Original, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Visited in 2023.