The Artist Of the Revolution The Early Life Of Charles Wilson Peale [Vol.1] & Charles Willson Peale Later Life: 1790-1827 [Vol.II]
by Sellers, Charles Coleman
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- Orig. navy cloth rubbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrappers. 2 vols
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About This Item
Hebron & Philadelphia: Feather and Good & American Philosophical Society, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth rubbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrappers. 2 vols. Peale, Charles Wilson. 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.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
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- Title
- The Artist Of the Revolution The Early Life Of Charles Wilson Peale [Vol.1] & Charles Willson Peale Later Life: 1790-1827 [Vol.II]
- Author
- Sellers, Charles Coleman
- Illustrator
- Peale, Charles Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. navy cloth rubbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrappers. 2 vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Feather and Good & American Philosophical Society
- Place of Publication
- Hebron & Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Art; Monographs; Painting; Colonial;
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