Portrait Miniatures: Tiny Windows to the Past · Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer) and Baby Eleanor

Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer) and Baby Eleanor

Title (Dublin Core): Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer) and Baby Eleanor
Description (Dublin Core): Portrait miniature of the artist's wife and infant daughter, Eleanor. Mrs. Peale is dressed in a mauve gown, hat, and double strand pearl necklace. Eleanor is dressed in a blue and white baby gown, with matching blue headband. Both have their faces pressed together and are looking forward and smiling.

Peale painted this portrait of his first wife just after her death in 1790.
Creator (Dublin Core): Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Date (Dublin Core): 1790
Subject (Dublin Core): Portrait miniatures; Mother and child
has style period (VRA Ontology): Neoclassical
Medium (Dublin Core): watercolor (paint); ivory (material)
height (VRA Ontology): 2 1/2 in (6.5 cm)
width (VRA Ontology): 2 in (5.2 cm)
Coverage (Dublin Core): United States
Provenance (Dublin Core): Charles Willson and Rachel Brewer Peale's daughter, Sophonisba A. Peale; her son, Coleman Sellers; his daughter, Jesse Sellers Colton (Mrs. Sabin Woolworth Colton, Jr.), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; her daughter, Suzanne Colton Wilson, Corpus Christi, Texas; Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1987, lot 23
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain
Identifier (Dublin Core): 2006.235.127