In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
Charles William Peale was an American portrait painter who established a museum in Philadelphia. Dedicated to American history and natural history, the museum's exhibits ranged from presidential ...
a Black silhouette artist who had been enslaved by Charles Willson Peale, a Philadelphia artist known for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. She paused at SEPTA’s ...
WASHINGTON (AP) They were named Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael and Titian but they weren’t European artists — they belonged to a dynasty of American painters descended from Charles Willson ... 1,000 ...
click image for close-up Although he was known primarily as a portraitist, Charles Willson Peale's The Accident on Lombard Street provides an example of how Peale used his work to make statements ...