Charles Willson Peale
American painter (1741-1827) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 85
Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.
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Peale's Self-portrait (c. 1782-1785) with his daughter Angelica as he works on a portrait of his wife Rachel
Peale's portrait Washington at Princeton (1779) sold for $21.3 million in 2005, the most ever paid for a portrait in the United States. It is now housed at Yale University Art Gallery
Peale's The Artist in His Museum, an 1822 self-portrait now displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
Peale's The Staircase Group (1795), a trompe-l'œil depicting his sons Raphaelle and Titian Peale I
Peale's portrait of his first wife Rachel, who died in 1795, weeping over their daughter Margeret's death from smallpox
Peale's portrait of his second wife Elizabeth DePeyster Peale (1765-1804) (1798)
One of Peale's polygraphs used by Thomas JeffersonAbout this person
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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1741 to 1827 · aged 85
