Moses Cox
James Peale
1796
Medium
Watercolor on ivor
Dimensions
Sight: 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. William Middendorf II, 1968
Accession Number
68.222.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
James Peale · 1749–1831
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...