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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
A mural at SEPTA’s Independence Hall station misspells another historic name: Charles Willson Peale, an artist of the American Revolution
Faye Anderson, a public policy consultant and community historian, was on her way to Independence Hall a couple of weeks ago for her research on Moses Williams, a Black silhouette artist who had been ...
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A Magnificent Portrait of George Washington Heads to Versailles for a Makeover
Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.
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Artist repairs misspelling of Charles Willson Peale’s name in a mural at SEPTA’S Independence Hall station
Charles Willson Peale’s name on a mural panel at SEPTA’s Independence Hall subway station is now spelled correctly. On Saturday, Philadelphia artist Tom Judd went to the Fifth Street/Independence Hall ...
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Peale family reunion boasts paintings with a rich history
WASHINGTON (AP) They were named Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael and Titian but they weren’t European artists — they belonged to a dynasty of American painters descended from Charles Willson Peale ... the ...
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The Accident in Lombard Street
click image for close-up Although he was known primarily as a portraitist, Charles Willson Peale's The Accident on Lombard Street provides an example of how Peale used his work to make statements ...
A valuable portrait of George Washington at Princeton will be restored at Versailles
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...