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On Display: House - Port Royal Parlor
Painting (Portrait)
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Charles Willson Peale
1783 and 1786 (1783-1786)
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1959.0160 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Julia B. Henry
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Object Number
1959.0160 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1783 and 1786 (1783-1786)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Left center above sitter's elbow
Inscription: C. WPeale/ pinx: 1783
Type: Signature
Location: Lower left corner below table
Inscription: C WPeale/ pinx: 1786
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
49.875 (H) x 39.875 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
126.683 (H) x 101.282 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Polgar, Paul J. 2019 Standard-Bearers of Equality: America's First Abolition Movement.
• Published: p. 59, fig. 3.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 23, pp. 109-10.Book: Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: cat. no. 37, pp. 70-71.Article: Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1952 "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 42 (1)
• Published: no. 759, p. 187, and ill. as no. 88, p. 294.Book: Miller, Lillian B. 1996 The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy 1770-1870.
• See pp. 126-7.Book: Apel, Thomas A. 2016 Feverish Bodies, Enlightened Minds: Science and the Yellow Fever Controversy in the Early American Republic.
Article: Brown, Michael K. 2007 Piecing Together the Past: Recent Research on the American China Manufactory, 1769-1772. Ceramics in America.
Book: Glenn, John C. 2007 His Sacred Honor: Judge Richard Stockton a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.