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Painting (Portrait)
Sarah Cantwell Jones (Mrs. Robert Milligan) and Her Daughter (Catherine Mary Milligan McLane)
Charles Willson Peale
1791
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Cecil; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1977.0157 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Katharine Abbott Batchelder
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Complete Details
Object Number
1977.0157 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Sarah Cantwell Jones (Mrs. Robert Milligan) and Her Daughter (Catherine Mary Milligan McLane)
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Cecil; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Painted at "Bohemia," the Milligans' plantation along the Sassafras River.
Date
1791
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Left, above shoulder
Inscription: C. W Peale/ painted 1791
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
27 (H) x 22.8 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
68.6 (H) x 58 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 42, pp. 82-83.Article: Stoner, Joyce Hill. "A Portrait by C.W. Peale Restored by C. Volkmar: Techniques of an 18th-Century Artist and a 19th-Century Restorer,". Preprints.
Article: Sellers, Charles Coleman. 1952 "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 42 (1)
• Painting published as no. 554.