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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Charles Willson Peale
1741–1827 · American
- Born
- 1741 · Chester
- Died
- 1827 · Philadelphia
43 works in the Collect24 Registry
Every work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID, the way a book has an ISBN.
Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.
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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist. In 1775, inspired by the American Revolution, Peale moved from his native Maryland to Philadelphia, where he set up a painting studio and joined the Sons of Liberty. During the American Revolutionary War, Peale served in the Pennsylvania Militia and the Continental Army, participating in several military campaigns. In addition to his military service, Peale also served in the Pennsylvania State Assembly from 1779 to 1780. Peale's portraits of leading American figures of the late 18th century are some of the most recognizable and prominent from that era. In 1784, he founded the Philadelphia Museum, one of the first American museums. More than two centuries after Peale painted his 1779 portrait Washington at Princeton — the painting sold for $21.5 million, the highest price ever paid for an American portrait.
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Registered works
43
In museum collections
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Charles Willson Peale
Selected from 43 works by Charles Willson Peale in the Collect24 Registry.
Charles Willson Peale
Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Amées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733, 1783–86
Etching and engraving
22.4 × 16.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1057956
Charles Willson Peale
General Washington, May 21, 1794
Etching and engraving
24.4 × 20.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1057955
Charles Willson Peale
General Washington, ca. 1794
Etching and engraving; proof before letters
22.7 × 14 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1057954
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Charles Willson Peale
Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Armées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733 (General Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Armies, born in Virginia in 1733 [sic]), 1783–86
Etching and engraving
22.8 × 16.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1057953
Charles Willson Peale
George Washington, 1787
Mezzotint; proof before letters
18.9 × 14.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-427045
Charles Willson Peale
Portrait of a Gentleman, 1785
ivory
6 × 4.1 cm
Yale Center for British Art
C24-463773
Charles Willson Peale
General Washington, 1820
Etching and engraving
21 × 14.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-1057952
Charles Willson Peale
Peggy Sanderson (Mrs. Christopher Hughes) and her Daughter, 1780
oil paint
102.9 × 81.3 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts
C24-461515
Charles Willson Peale
Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Hannah Moore), 1816
oil paint
61.6 × 51.4 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453392
Charles Willson Peale
Timothy Matlack, 1790
oil paint
121.9 × 101.6 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453393
Charles Willson Peale
Nathaniel Gorham, 1793
66 × 56.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453391
Charles Willson Peale
Head of Washington, 1796
19.1 × 15.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453390
Museums and collections
Where works by Charles Willson Peale are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
16 works
- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
11 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
4 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
4 works
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
3 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- Yale Center for British Art
United States
1 work
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