Object Number 1998.0018.001 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Joshua Carter

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the Estate of Isabelle Reynolds

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

October 1765 (1765-1765)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; On upper stretcher; "This picture was painted by Mr. Chas./Willson Peal of Philadelphia in October/ 1765-who in 1785 was the found (illegible)/ Museum in Philadelphia; who lived much/ respected and died greatly respected (crossed out)/ lamented in 1827 in the 85th year of his age/ (illegible)"

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas; Wood

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

18.5 (H) , 15.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.99 (H) , 39.37 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Manca, Joseph. 2015 “C. Peale Painted This in London in 1768”: Sources, Beauty, and Likeness in Boy with a Toy Horse. Smithsonian Studies in American Art. 29 (3)
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