Charles Willson Peale

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human museum founder naturalist painter portrait painter soldier

Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier, and naturalist best known for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution and for founding one of the first major museums in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Willson Peale canonical 4
The Artist in His Museum (Charles Willson Peale) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
museum founder ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
portrait painter ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
child Angelica Kauffman Peale ⓘ
Raphaelle Peale ⓘ
Rembrandt Peale ⓘ
Rubens Peale ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1741-04-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1827-02-22 ⓘ
educatedBy Benjamin West ⓘ
John Singleton Copley ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Peale ⓘ
fieldOfWork museum curation ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
founded Peale’s Museum ⓘ
Philadelphia Museum ⓘ
fullName Charles Willson Peale self-link ⓘ
genre historical painting ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasCollection artworks and portraits of American leaders ⓘ
natural history specimens ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
movement American art ⓘ
notableFor founding one of the first major museums in the United States ⓘ
portraits of leaders of the American Revolution ⓘ
notableStudent Raphaelle Peale ⓘ
Rembrandt Peale ⓘ
notableWork Exhumation of the Mastodon ⓘ
George Washington at Princeton ⓘ
Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington ⓘ
surface form: Portraits of George Washington

The Artist in His Museum ⓘ
The Staircase Group ⓘ
occupation museum director ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
portrait painter ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chester, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Chester, Province of Maryland, British America
placeOfDeath Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
residence Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
spouse Elizabeth de Peyster ⓘ
Hannah More ⓘ
Rachel Brewer ⓘ

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Lebanon, Ohio, United States → hasNotableResident → Charles Willson Peale ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanon, Ohio
Benjamin West → student → Charles Willson Peale ⓘ
Albright-Knox Art Gallery → significantWorkInCollection → Charles Willson Peale ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Artist in His Museum (Charles Willson Peale)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts → foundedBy → Charles Willson Peale ⓘ
Charles Willson Peale → fullName → Charles Willson Peale self-link ⓘ