Peale's Philadelphia Museum
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The Philadelphia Museum was an early museum in Philadelphia started by the painter Charles Willson Peale and continued by his family. It opened in 1784 as an art museum and added a natural history col
The Artist in His Museum (1822)
The Exhumation of the Mastodon, 1806, by Charles Willson Peale
Sketch of the mastodon skeleton, 1801, by Rembrandt Peale
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Rubens Peale
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Rubens Peale was an American museum administrator and artist. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of artist-naturalist Charles Willson Peale. Due to his weak eyesight, he did not practice painting se
Portrait of Rubens Peale, by Rembrandt Peale, 1807
Landscape with Quail - Cock, Hen, and Chickens by Rubens Peale, date unknown
Rubens Peale with a Geranium (1801) by Rembrandt Peale.
Still Life with Watermelon, 1865, Princeton University Art Museum