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and sister of portrait painter James Claypoole Jr., after which he established his own household and artistic career. Together, Mary and James were the parents of seven children, three of whom became accomplished painters in their own right, including:
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The total number of Peale's landscape paintings remains unknown, but he executed more than 200 watercolor miniatures on ivory, perhaps 100 still-life paintings, fewer than 70 oil portraits, and at least 8 history paintings.
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In 1762, he began to serve apprenticeships there, first in a saddlery and later in a cabinetmaking shop. After his brother Charles returned from
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ULAN Full Record Display for James Peale, Sr. Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California.
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to live with his brother. (One notable later collaboration, however, was in 1788 to make floats for Philadelphia's
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Peale worked in his brother's studio until January 14, 1776, when he accepted a commission in the
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Another version by James Peale's painting of encounter between Allan McLane and British dragoons
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James Peale Jr. (1789–1876), who married his cousin, Sophonisba Peale (1801–1878), daughter of
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American paintings & historical prints from the Middendorf collection
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The Ramsay-Polk Family at Carpenter’s Point, Cecil County, Maryland
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Peale died in Philadelphia on May 24, 1831, and is buried at
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In 1782 he married Mary Claypoole (1753-1828), a daughter of
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Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., p. 246.
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Anna Sophia Alexander Robertson (Mrs. William Theberton)
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The Library Company of Philadelphia Art & Artifacts
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