Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for James PEALE

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PEALE, James, artist, was born in Annapolis, Md., in 1749; son of Charles Peale . He served in the Continental army as an officer during the Revolution, and later engaged in portrait painting. He painted many miniatures, portraits in oil and figure compositions. His most noted works are, a full length portrait of Washington, which was hung in the New York Historical society and which has been engraved, and another portrait of Washington in 1795, which was hung in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. He also painted: Rencontre between Col. Allen McLane and Two British Horsemen (1811): View of the Battle of Princeton, and a View of Belfield Farm, near Germantown (1818). His son James (1779-1876) was a banker, but devoted his leisure to painting, producing several marine views. His daughter, Anna Clay Poole (1791-1878), was a still life and miniature painter, and married, first, the Rev. Dr. William Staughton, and secondly, Gen. William Duncan; another daughter, Sarah M. (1800-85), painted portraits of Bainbridge, Lafayette, Caleb Cushing and Henry A. Wise, and still life subjects. James Peale died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1831.

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