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![]() WILLIAM WASHINGTON 1752-1810 Charles Willson Peale, from life, 1781-1782 Oil on canvas. H 24, W 20 in (H 61, W 50.8 cm) Independence NHP INDE 14173 |
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About this Portrait: Charles Willson Peale probably painted the museum portrait of Washington sometime in 1783, after the subject’s release from British captivity following the evacuation of Charleston. In the painting, Washington wears the white uniform coat of the Third Continental Light dragoons. The Lieutenant Colonel sports the fashion of only one epaulette as the style of wearing saber belts over the right shoulder (rather than from the waist) then dictated. This portrait is first recorded in the October 13, 1784 issue of the Freeman’s Journal and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. In the early 1790s, Rembrandt Peale copied his father’s Washington portrait for use in advertising his own painterly skill during a 1795-1796 patronage trip to Charleston. This copy (now at the Maryland Historical Society) was later displayed in the Baltimore Peale Museum. Ownership History: Listed in the 1795 Peale Museum catalog. Purchased by Townsend Ward (librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania) at the 1854 Peale Museum sale. Purchased by the City of Philadelphia from Townsend Ward in 1854. ![]() |
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