Peale photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographic reproductions of artwork which are mostly portraits of and by Charles Willson Peale family members, including paintings, drawings, silhouettes, and photographs. Negatives may originally have been made for a 1923 exhibit of Peale paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Dates
- 1920
Creator
- Hughes Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research use.
Conditions Governing Use
The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was an American portrait painter, born in Queen Anne County, Maryland. After learning and practicing the saddlery trade as a young man, he abandoned that trade in 1764 and pursued painting, soon getting commissions and then undertaking formal training with painter John Hesselius. With sponsorship from wealthy supporters, Peale was able to travel to England in 1767 and study painting with Benjamin West. Returning to Annapolis, Maryland in 1769, he moved to Philadelphia by 1776. Married three times, he had twelve children who survived infancy, of whom Raphael (1774-1825) and Rembrandt (1778-1860) were painters, and Titian (1780-1798), Rubens (1784-1865), Franklin, and Titian Ramsey (1799-1885) were naturalists. It was Rembrandt Peale who established the Peale Museum in Baltimore in 1814.
Charles Willson Peale's youngest sibling James Peale (1749-1831) was a painter, as were James' daughters Sarah Miriam (1800-1885), Anna Claypoole (1791-1878), and Margaretta.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged in folders according to PP catalogue numbers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection originated in the Hughes Collection (PP8) and Glass Plate Negative Collection (PP11). The negatives may have originally been made for a 1923 exhibit of Peale paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Scope and Contents
There are 252 glass plate negatives made in the 1920s, with 1 box of 7 folders containing 133 modern photoprints, printed from the negatives. The photographs are of artworks including paintings, drawings, silhouettes, photographs, which are mostly portraits, made of and by Charles Willson Peale family members. For additional Peale portraits, see finding aids to PP8, Hughes Collection and PP11, Glass Negative Collection, available in the Prints and Photographs Department. The container list correlates each PP catalog item with a glass negative number, and duplicate/copy negative number, if applicable.
Creator
- Hughes Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Peale photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-15: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org