Charles Coleman Sellers Collection Circa 1940-1978

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Charles Coleman Sellers Collection Circa 1940-1978

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The collection of Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980) contains copious and detailed documentation of the art of Charles Willson Peale and his family. It consists of working files for Sellers's numerous publications, including his (1952); (1969); (1951); (1962); (1980). Most files include photographs of the art work, notes on the piece, and correspondence with authorities or owners. Other series include one relating to the paintings of various other Peales, including Anna C., James, Mary Jane, Raphaelle, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Sarah Miriam, and a miscellaneous artist file, which includes the same type of material and information on many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists, including Thomas Eakins, George Healy, Robert Edge Pine, William Rush, Thomas Sully, Benjamin West, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, etc. There is a separate Sellers collection at Dickinson College, primarily personal in nature. Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale Charles Willson Peale with Patron and Populace C. W. Peale's Portraits of Washington Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture Mr. Peale's Museum

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825

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Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Son of Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Raphaelle Peale letter, 1816 Sept. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566086 ...

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916

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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...

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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American painter, etcher and author. From the description of Autograph letters, signed with his name : Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, and 28 Wimple Street, to [James Key] Caird and J.E. Millais, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588842 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Cobden, [May 1881/1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587769 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to Waldo Story, the sculptor, pos...

Peale family

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Rush, William, 1756-1833

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Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-1980

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Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980) was a noted historian of early America, best known for his numerous works on the life and artistic production of the family of his own great-grandfather, Charles Willson Peale. Born in Overbrook, Pa., in 1903, Sellers attended Haverford College (1925) and Harvard (MA 1926), before taking a position as librarian at Wesleyan College (1937-1949) and, later, Dickinson College (1956-1968). For several years in the late 1940s, Sellers worked at the American Philosop...

Peale, Sarah Miriam, 1800-1885

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Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865

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Still life and animal painter, museum administrator. Son of Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Rubens Peale diaries, 1855-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83213749 Rubens Peale managed his father Charles Willson Peale's museum in Philadelphia from 1810 to 1822 and later directed museums in Baltimore, New York City, and Utica. In 1840, he settled on a farm in Pottsvile, where he farmed and sketched. From the description of Sketchbook, 1864. (Unknow...

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902

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Mary Jane Peale was the daughter of Rubens Peale and granddaughter Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Peale family papers, [ca. 1750-1940]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122473786 From the guide to the Peale family papers, [ca. 1750-1940], Circa 1750-1940, (American Philosophical Society) Mary Jane Patterson Peale was the daughter of Rubens Peale. From the description of Journal, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788

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Peale, Anna Claypoole, 1791-1878

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Peale, Rembrandt, 1778?-1860

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Rembrandt and Harriet Peale (née Cany) were painters; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Rembrandt and Harriet Peale papers, 1824-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81263030 From the description of Printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80271418 Peale, from a family of artists, was a portrait, miniature and historical painter. From the description of Notes of the Painting Room. (Winte...

Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894.

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American portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Hiram Powers, 1855 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270958260 American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to F.P. Corbin, 1846 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870985 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to General Albert J. Myer, 1877 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471454 ...

Peale, James, 1749-1831

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James Peale was an artist, and a brother of Charles Willson Peale. From the description of Sketchbook, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466157 From the guide to the James Peale sketchbook, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society) ...