Painting (Portrait)

  • Title:

    Julia Stockton Rush (Mrs. Benjamin Rush)

  • Category:

    Paintings

  • Creator (Role):

    Charles Willson Peale (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1776

  • Materials:

    Oil paint; Canvas

  • Techniques:

    Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1960.0392 A


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1960.0392 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Julia Stockton Rush (Mrs. Benjamin Rush)

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Julia B. Henry

Creator (Role)

Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
04/15/1741-02/22/1827

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1776

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Lower left; C W Peale/ pinx 1776

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

50 (H) , 40 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

127 (H) , 101.5 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
Published as fig. 22, pp. 109-10.
[Book] Miller, Lillian B. 1996 The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy 1770-1870.
Published p. 128.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published as cat. no. 35, pp. 66-67.
[Article] Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1952 "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 42 (1)
Published as no. 760, p. 187, and ill. as nos. 89-90, p. 294.
[Article] 01//1980 "Major Peale Portraits Join Winterthur Collection". Winterthur Newsletter. 26 (1): 1-2.