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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 | |
Olivia Simes Morris 1814 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | GA | Anonymous | ||
Richard Harwood ca. 1795-1805 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | ||
Susan Corens Towers 1796 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | GA | Anonymous | ||
Portrait of a Girl c. 1790-1800 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | GA | Anonymous | ||
A Gentleman 1789 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | GA | Anonymous | ||
Elizabeth Knapp 1802 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | There are numerous women by this name who lived during the time James Peale was painting miniatures, making it difficult to determine exactly who this sitter might be. However, an Elizabeth Knapp of Danbury, Connecticut, died about 1802, and it is possible that this miniature was painted to commemorate her passing. The back of the locket contains a... | GA | Anonymous | |
Elizabeth Oliphant 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Howes Goldsborough 1799 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
John Tower 1806 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Josiah Hewes Anthony 1790 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Major-General Anthony Wayne ca. 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Jonathan Pinkney, Jr. 1798 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Governor Jonathan Trumbull ca. 1792 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Mr. Depau 1802 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Major General Benjamin Lincoln 1794 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Martha Stewart Wilson 1814 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Miss Ross 1791 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Mrs. John Sevier, Jr. (Rebecca Richards) 1794 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous |
- James Peale