In addition to more than 1,000 portraits and a long family line, the prolific Peale also may have created a set of false teeth for George Washington to wear while sitting for portraits. No one knows ...
The portrait was painted by Raphaelle Peale, the oldest surviving child of the prominent Philadelphia portraitist Charles Willson Peale. The senior Peale was pleased to discover that his son had ...
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 ...
The painting is the first of seven portraits of Washington made from life by Peale and the only portrait of Washington that ...
In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.
Painter of the American Revolution Peale is known as the painter of the American Revolution because of his many portraits of George Washington and other major figures. He was also a natural historian.