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Timothy Matlack

about 1790
oil on canvas
121.92 x 101.6 cm (48 x 40 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
Peale's portrait of Timothy Matlack honors the sitter's distinguished public career. A radical Whig, Matlack played an active role in Revolutionary events in and around Philadelphia: he was the engrosser who hand-lettered the original Declaration of Independence, he led a rifle battalion at Trenton and Princeton, and he was elected to the Continental...
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Thomas Willing

1782
oil on canvas
49 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (125.7 x 101 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Rachel Brewer Peale And Baby Eleanor

1790
Watercolor on ivory
2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (6.5 x 5.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Rachel Brewer Peale

ca. 1791
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper case
2 1/4 x 1 13/16 in. (5.7 x 4.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of Mrs. Thomas Russell

c. 1784
oil on canvas
30 1/4 X 25 1/4" (76.84 x 64.14 cm.)

Butler Institute of American Art

Youngstown, OH

notes
Thomas Russell (1741-1786) ordered two pairs of portraits of himself and his wife, nee Ann Thomas (b. 1751), during a trip to Philadelphia from Cecil County, Maryland around 1784. At that time, Peale, his patron's exact contemporary, dominated the local portrait market. Because the Russells enjoyed greater financial and material prosperity in the...
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Portrait Of Mr. Thomas Russell

c. 1784
oil on canvas
30 1/4 X 25 1/4" (76.84 x 64.14 cm.)

Butler Institute of American Art

Youngstown, OH

notes
Thomas Russell (1741-1786) ordered two pairs of portraits of himself and his wife, nee Ann Thomas (b. 1751), during a trip to Philadelphia from Cecil County, Maryland around 1784. At that time, Peale, his patron's exact contemporary, dominated the local portrait market. Because the Russells enjoyed greater financial and material prosperity in the...
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Portrait Of A Woman

ca. 1775
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.8 x 20 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait Of A Lady

ca. 1778
Watercolor on ivory
1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (3.9 x 3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Portrait of a Gentleman

ca. 1775
oil on canvas
9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.8 x 20 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Nathaniel Gorham

about 1793
oil on canvas mounted on Masonite
66.04 x 56.2 cm (26 x 22 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Mrs. Michael Taney (Monica Brooke)

ca. 1770
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
1 13/16 x 1 7/32 in. (4.6 x 3.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Joseph Donaldson (Frances Johnston)

1776
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (3.8 x 3.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) And John Nicholson, Jr.

1790
oil on canvas
91.5 x 69.3 cm (36 x 27 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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Mrs. James Smith And Grandson

1776
oil on canvas
36 3/8 x 29 1/4 in. (92.4 x 74.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. Charles Willson Peale

1816
oil on canvas
61.59 x 51.43 cm (24 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Matthias And Thomas Bordley

1767
watercolor on ivory
3 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (9.2 x 10.5 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
l in the background. Bordley had paid to send Peale to study in England, and during this trip the artist painted this miniature to give to the boys’ parents in Maryland. An inscription on the back indicates that Matthias was nine and his brother Thomas twelve years old when this was painted. Although Matthias would live to adulthood, Thomas died in...
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Margaret Strachan (Mrs. Thomas Harwood)

ca. 1771
oil on canvas
31 x 24 1/2 in. (78.7 x 62.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Major General Nathanael Greene

1778
Watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.5 x 3.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Judge John Lowell

about 1782
Watercolor on ivory with hair
3.81 x 3.17 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Joseph Donaldson

1776
Watercolor on ivory in gold locket
1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (3.4 x 2.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
John Nicholson

1790
oil on canvas
91.5 x 70 cm (36 x 27 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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James Peale (1)

ca. 1788
Watercolor on ivory
1 9/16 x 1 7/32 in. (4 x 3.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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James Peale

1822
oil on canvas
24 1/2 x 36 in. (62.2 x 91.4 cm) Framed: 35 1/8 x 43 7/8 x 4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Head Of Washington

about 1795–98
Oil on panel
19.05 x 15.24 cm (7 1/2 x 6 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
72 when Washington was a colonel in the colonial militia, and ending in 1795, when he was midway through his second term as president. The "Head of Washington" is one of Peale's replicas of the canvas he painted in 1795; the original is in the New-York Historical Society.
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George Washington

ca. 1777
Watercolor on ivory in gold bracelet mount
1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (3.8 x 3.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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General William North

1785
oil on canvas
Framed: 31 1/8 x 27 1/8 x 3 15/16 in. (79.06 x 68.9 x 10 cm) 23 x 19 in. 58.4 x 48.3 cm

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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General Richard Montgomery

ca. 1784–86
Watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (4.4 x 3.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Elie Williams

1789
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 27 5/16 in. (92.1 x 69.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Colonel John Cox

1778
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (3.7 x 3.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Capt. John Gassoway

1790
watercolor on ivory
sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (3.8 x 2.9 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Captain John Gassoway (1754-1820), also spelled Gassaway, was wounded and taken prisoner at the disastrous Battle of Camden, fought by Revolutionary forces in South Carolina in 1780. Branches of his family occupy a prominent role in the history of South Carolina, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Conservation of this miniature was made possible...
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Belfield Farm

c. 1816
oil on canvas
10 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. 27.3 x 39.7 cm framed 14 5/8 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/4

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

 GAAnonymous
Anthony Butler

1782
Watercolor on ivory
1 19/32 x 1 1/4 in. (4 x 3.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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