Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne
Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741 - 1827
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1772Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 1/4 inches (128.3 x 104.8 cm) Framed: 56 x 45 5/8 inches (142.2 x 115.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1983-90-3Credit Line:
Purchased for the Cadwalader Collection with funds contributed by the Mabel Pew Myrin Trust and the gift of an anonymous donor, 1983
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1772Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 1/4 inches (128.3 x 104.8 cm) Framed: 56 x 45 5/8 inches (142.2 x 115.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 287, American Art, second floor
Accession Number:1983-90-3Credit Line:
Purchased for the Cadwalader Collection with funds contributed by the Mabel Pew Myrin Trust and the gift of an anonymous donor, 1983
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cadwalader family [x] charles wilson peale [x] nhd 1763 to 1783 portrait [x] peale [x] peale family [x] revolutionary war [x]In 1770 Philadelphia merchant John Cadwalader and his wife Elizabeth, a wealthy Maryland heiress, commissioned five family portraits for their Second Street house. They chose artist Charles Willson Peale, who had recently returned from training with renowned history painter Benjamin West in London. The centerpiece of the series was this conversation piece in which the sitters engage with each other rather than the viewer—the latest fashion in grand manner British portraiture.
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