Marcia Burns
James Peale
1797
Medium
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
support (irregular): 7.3 × 5.87 cm (2 7/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Philip Hinkle)
Accession Number
2015.19.2478
About the Artist
James Peale
James Peale was an American painter born in 1749, the younger brother of the more famous Charles Willson Peale, and a member of one of the most remarkable artistic families in the history of American art. Trained largely by his brother, James worked for many years in Charles Willson's shadow, assisting with portraits and miniatures in the Philadelphia studio before developing his own independent p...