Samuel Mifflin
1777–80
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.4 x 101 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Egleston Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.153.1
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About this artwork
This oil on canvas, created in 1777–80, represents significant artistic achievement by Charles Willson Peale, a American artist. The piece demonstrates the technical capabilities and aesthetic conventions of American art during this historical period. Working in oil on canvas, the artist employed materials and techniques characteristic of the era, creating visual effects that convey both subject matter and artistic vision. Museum collections preserve such works to ensure continued study and appr...
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 ...