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James Peale

1749

WA-00113257

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Smithsonian

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Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1979.153.1
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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James Peale was an American painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

Still Life: Balsam Apple and Vegetables

1817 · Oil on canvas

20 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (51.4 x 67.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Olivia Simes Morris

1814 · Oil on canvas

71.8 × 61 cm (28 3/4 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Joseph Cooper (Mary Justice)

1797 · Watercolor on ivory

2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Susan Coren Towers

1796 · watercolor on ivory

Framed: 8 x 6.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 7.1 x 5.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Richard Thomas III

1796 · Watercolor on ivory

Sight: 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Lincoln

1794 · Watercolor on ivory

1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst

1790 · Watercolor on ivory (recto), sepia on ivory with human hair (verso), and gold

6.4 × 4 cm (2 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.); Case: 8.3 × 5.3 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Martha Washington

1782 · Watercolor on ivory

1 1/2 × 1 in., 2.2 lb. (3.8 × 2.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

1782 · Watercolor on ivory

1 1/2 x 1 in. (3.8 x 2.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

1779 · Oil on canvas

36 x 27 in. (91.4 x 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Portrait of Susan Coren Towers
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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