Martha Stewart Wilson
James Peale
1814
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 1/2 x 24 in. (72.3 x 61 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William L. McKim, 1972
Accession Number
1972.191
Tags
PortraitsWomen
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...