Item #15895 The Artist Of the Revolution The Early Life Of Charles Wilson Peale [Vol.1] & Charles Willson Peale Later Life: 1790-1827 [Vol.II]. Charles Coleman Sellers.
The Artist Of the Revolution The Early Life Of Charles Wilson Peale [Vol.1] & Charles Willson Peale Later Life: 1790-1827 [Vol.II].

The Artist Of the Revolution The Early Life Of Charles Wilson Peale [Vol.1] & Charles Willson Peale Later Life: 1790-1827 [Vol.II].

Hebron & Philadelphia: Feather and Good & American Philosophical Society, 1939-1947. Peale, Charles Wilson. First edition. Hardcover. 293 & 468 pages. 8vo, 23 x 16 cm. Twenty-six and forty-five illustrations, respectively. Index in each volume. Extensive bibliography Vol. II. In his early career Peale was a portrait painter, soldier and politician, and in later life turned his attention to the establishment of a museum of natural history. Franklin encouraged his project; Jefferson befriended and promoted it. KARPEL H416-H417. "...these volumes remain the standard work on Peale." Vol. I, a signed presentation copy. Orig. navy cloth rubbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrappers. 2 vols. Item #15895

Price: $275.00

See all items by