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Peale Family

The Peale Family

Charles Willson Peale

born: Queen Ann's County, Maryland; 15 April 1741
died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 27 February 1827

Washington and
His Generals at Yorktown
about 1781
Maryland Historical Society,
Baltimore, MD, US

Washington at the
Battle of Princeton
January 3, 1777
1784
oil on canvas, 237×144 cm
Art Museum
Princeton University, NJ, U

The Exhumation
of the Mastodon
1906
Peale Museum
Baltimore, MD, US

The Artist
in His Museum
1822
Pennsylvania Academy
Philadelphia, PA, US

Staircase Group --
Raphaelle Peale
and Titian Ramsey Peale
1795
Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA, US

James Peale

born: Chesterton, Maryland; 1749
died: Baltimore, Maryland; 1831

Younger brother of Charles Willson Peale.

George Washington

Still Life Pictures

Ann Emily Rush

Raphael Peale

born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1774
died: Baltimore, Maryland; 1825

Son of C. W. Peale

Venus Rising from the Sea
about 1822
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri, US

Strawberries, Nuts, and etc.
1822
Art Institute
Chicago, IL, US

Rembrandt Peale

born: Bucks, County, 22 February Pennsylvania; 1778
died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3 October 1860

Son of C. W. Peale

George Washington
about 1814
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY, US

Rubens Peale with a Geranium
1801
National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC, US

Titian Ramsay Peale

born: Philosophical Hall, Philadelphia, PA, US; 10 Novermber 1799
died: US; 13 March 1885

Son of C W Peale.

Titian was trained by his father as a painter and a naturalist. As a young man he gained extensive field experience by touring Florida in 1817 going as far as St. Augustine and dining on parakeets, shooting alligators and sharing the company of prominent scientific men and royal governors.

In 1819 he joined the US Government sponsored Stephen Long expedition to the American West and was one of the first artists to depict the landscape west of the Mississippi. Nine years later he was appointed naturalist for the US Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. He was in the Hawaiian Islands from 30 Sept. to 2 December 1840.

Later in life he worked at the Patent Office in Washington, DC, but continued to paint as a hobby.

The Hawaiian Volcano, Kilauea

Kilauea by Day 1842 oil on canvas; 52x77 cm Bishop Museum Honolulu, HI, US	Kilauea by Night 1842 oil on canvas; 52x77 cm Bishop Museum Honolulu, HI, US
Kilauea from Mauna Loa 1841 oil on board; 26x35 Dept. Library Services American Museum of Natural History New York, NY, US	Western Crater Kilauea from the Black Leddge 1841 oil on board; 26x35 Dept. Library Services American Museum of Natural History New York, NY, US

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