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Charles Willson Peale

Artist

WA-00047030

PaintingNeoclassicism

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ454945

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1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3720
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

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Movement

Neoclassicism

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Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

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Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Benjamin Franklin

1901 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

George Washington at Princeton

1898 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Le Duc de Liancourt

1794 · watercolor on ivory

1 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (4.1 x 3.4 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

1790 · Oil on canvas

91.5 × 69.3 cm (36 × 27 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

John Nicholson

1790 · Oil on canvas

91.5 × 70 cm (36 × 27 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White)

1788 · oil on canvas

painted surface: 60.96 × 48.26 cm (24 × 19 in.) overall: 57.15 × 48.9 cm (22 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.) framed: 65.72 × 58.1 × 5.08 cm (25 7/8 × 22 7/8 × 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming

1788 · oil on canvas

overall: 106 x 152.5 cm (41 3/4 x 60 1/16 in.) framed: 125.1 x 171.5 x 7 cm (49 1/4 x 67 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

General John Cadwalader

1788 · watercolor on ivory

sight 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 x 0.5 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Rev. Joseph Pilmore

1787 · mezzotint on paper

plate: 6 1/4 x 5 in. (16.0 x 12.9 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Caldwell Sister

1782 · watercolor on ivory

image (oval): 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.1 x 3.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Caldwell Sister

1782 · watercolor on ivory

image (oval): 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.1 x 3.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy

1780 · watercolor on ivory

sight 1 3/8 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

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

George Washington at Princeton

1774 · oil on canvas

Framed: 153 x 144 x 7 cm (60 1/4 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 131 x 121.6 cm (51 9/16 x 47 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

John Philip de Haas

1772 · oil on canvas

overall: 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in.) framed: 149.9 x 124.5 x 9.5 cm (59 x 49 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

John Beale Bordley

1770 · watercolor on ivory

overall (oval): 3.5 x 3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

John Beale Bordley

1770 · oil on canvas

overall: 200.8 x 147.4 cm (79 1/16 x 58 1/16 in.) framed: 215 x 161.6 x 7.6 cm (84 5/8 x 63 5/8 x 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

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Artwork sources (4)

20 published of 20 catalogued · 20 with image

Smithsonian
10 published10 img
Nga
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Benjamin Franklin
1901 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
George Washington at Princeton
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
George Washington at Princeton
1774 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Neoclassicism

Collections4

Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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