The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family
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Volume 4, Charles Willson Peale: His Last Years, 1821-1827
Charles Willson Peale; Edited by Lillian Miller
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Arranged chronologically and accompanied by an introduction and annotations, the materials in this volume disclose Peale's diminishing enthusiasm for agricultural pursuits, resumption of his management of the Philadelphia Museum with the help of sons Titian Ramsay and Franklin, and his important artistic accomplishments, including the famous self-portrait The Artist in His Museum. Meanwhile, Peale's adult sons were working to establish themselves in the urban centers of the republic: Rubens not only took over and enlarged the troubled museum in Baltimore, he opened another museum in New York City that flourished despite the depressed economy; Rembrandt gained stature as a portraitist in New York City and produced such handsome portraits as the "standard likeness" of George Washington, Patriae Pater; and Raphaelle, though suffering from disabling pain and illness, earned a reputation before his death as a master of the still-life genre.
Published for the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
"[An] expertly edited volume. . . . The documents printed in this and previous volumes of the Peale Papers provide many such insights, enabling the reader to better appreciate the artistic and scientific contributions of this remarkable family."—John Van Horne, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Miller . . . has reached a milestone with the publication of the fourth volume of the Peales' papers, which concludes with the death of patriarch Charles Wilson Peale. . . . The series is an essential purchase for collections in American art and history."—Library Journal
"Miller and her colleagues have detailed once again an intriguing slice of Philadelphia's cultural life in the early republic, impeccably edited and handsomely illustrated. This is one volume that cultural historians will want to make sure is on the library shelves."—John Andrew, Journal of the Early Republic
"The series remains a model of careful, thorough scholarship, suffused with an editorial generosity and spirit of abundance that make the book an experience to savor. . . . In the end, then, the catalog is well worth its price, and it serves as an excellent record of the most complete, most impressive Peale family exhibit to date."—Edward L. Schwarzschild, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Publication Date: September 25, 1996
Publishing Partner: Published for the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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