Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.
Self-portrait, c. 1791
Peale's Self-portrait (c. 1782–1785) with his daughter Angelica as he works on a portrait of his wife Rachel
Peale's portrait Washington at Princeton (1779) sold for $21.3 million in 2005, the most ever paid for a portrait in the United States. It is now housed at Yale University Art Gallery
Peale's The Artist in His Museum, an 1822 self-portrait now displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
The Peale family were an American family, considered the first family of American artists. Notable members of the family included Charles Willson Peale and his sons Raphaelle, Rembrandt, Rubens and Ti
The Peale Family [wd] by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1773 – c. 1809