Anthony Butler
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4 x 3.2 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of James Parker, in memory of General and Mrs. Cortlandt Parker, 1974
Accession Number
1974.151
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
Charles Willson Peale · 1741–1827
Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) was an American painter, museum founder, naturalist, and inventor who became the most important American portraitist of the Revolutionary era and a central figure in the cultural life of the young republic. Born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, he initially trained as a saddler before turning to painting, studying briefly with John Singleton Copley in Boston and ...