Charles Willson Peale lectures, [n.d.] n.d.

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Charles Willson Peale lectures, [n.d.] n.d.

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These lectures, numbered 1 through 39 and three unnumbered, were delivered at Mr. Peale's Museum and are on such topics as natural history, physical phenomena and the elements, quadrupeds, fishes, birds, primates, and systems of identification. There are notes in the lectures for pauses, music, and illustrations to be included.

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Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Peale's Museum was established by Charles Willson Peale in 1784. It was public rather than private in character and was governed initially by a Society of Visitors. The museum was moved to the Hall of the American Philosophical Society in 1794 and in 1802 by act of the Pennsylvania Assembly it ws granted the free use of the State House (Independence Hall) recently vacated by the legislature. It was subsequently incorporated as the Philadelphia Museum Company under the direction of a board of tru...

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827

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Philadelphia painter and naturalist. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to David Porter, 1823 Nov. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165786 Charles Willson Peale was an artist and naturalist. From the description of Sketchbook, 1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465905 From the description of Portrait list, [ca. 1772]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439811 From the descrip...