Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer)
Charles Willson Peale
ca. 1790 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing
Peale painted this miniature of his first wife and another version just after her death. Both are based on an earlier, unlocated oil painting from 1771. Rachel Brewer (1744-1790) bore Peale eleven children, including the artists Raphaelle (q.v.), Rembrandt (1778-1860), and Rubens (1784-1865).
- Artist
- Charles Willson Peale
- Date
- ca. 1790
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of J. William Middendorf II, 1968
