Richard Thomas III
James Peale
1796
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Sight: 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.118
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
James Peale
James Peale was an American painter born in 1749, the younger brother of the more famous Charles Willson Peale, and a member of one of the most remarkable artistic families in the history of American art. Trained largely by his brother, James worked for many years in Charles Willson's shadow, assisting with portraits and miniatures in the Philadelphia studio before developing his own independent p...