Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Engraver, Portrait painter
Size: 7 Microfilm reels
Summary: The microfilmed selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection contain autobiographical and biographical material; letters; writings; printed material; photographs; a sketchbook; drawings; and notebooks belonging to Charles Willson Peale and the Peale family with notes and writings by Horace Wells Sellers.
The Peale family was a family of painters, primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a portrait painter and engraver and studied in London with Benjamin West. He is known for his portraits of the founding fathers including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. In 1786 he founded the Peale Museum, and was one of the founding members of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805. Read More
Lent for microfilming, 1955, by the American Philosophical Society, Peale-Sellers Collection.
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