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Peale, Charles Willson

Peale, Charles Willson (pēl) [key], 1741–1827, American portrait painter, naturalist, and inventor, b. Queen Annes County, Md.

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Charles Willson Peale: Portraiture - Portraiture The earliest known portrait of Washington (1772; Washington and Lee Univ.) was painted ...
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Charles Willson Peale: Early Life - Early Life Apprenticed to a saddler in Annapolis, he became at 20 his own master and taught himself ...

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