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![]() | Martha Stewart Wilson 1814 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst 1790 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | ![]() Publication History: Judith A. Barter et al, American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 124-128, no. 50. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Member of the Washington Family ca. 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Family lore holds that this brooch pin features the portrait of an illegitimate son of George Washington, fathered when Washington was eighteen years old. Washington lent financial support to neighbors and members of his extended family at Mount Vernon, making it difficult to determine how accurate that legend is. One theory is that this is the... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Miss Ross 1791 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Mr. Depau 1802 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Mrs. John McCluney ca. 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() It is not clear whether this woman is Elizabeth Purviance, who was married to Major John McCluney of Pennsylvania in 1804, or if she is Isabella Shearer of Virginia, who married a John McCluney in 1779. With luck, further research will eventually reveal her identity. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Mrs. John Sevier, Jr. (Rebecca Richards) 1794 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Olivia Simes Morris 1814 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait of a Gentleman 1789 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() In his dress and hairstyle, this young man is presented in a manner very similar to Josiah Hewes Anthony, also painted by James Peale around this time | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait of a Girl c. 1790-1800 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | GA | Anonymous |
- James Peale