Charles Willson Peale

Apr 15, 1741 - Feb 22, 1827

Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, and for establishing one of the first museums in the United States.

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The Artist in His Museum (1822)

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Washington at Princeton (1779)

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The Peale Family

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Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

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Ennion Williams

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George Washington after the Battle of Princeton

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Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming

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Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris

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