Letter and photograph of Rembrandt Peale [manuscript], 1858 and n.d.

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Letter and photograph of Rembrandt Peale [manuscript], 1858 and n.d.

Include letter, 1858 May 21, to Asher Brown Durand, discussing Peale's trip south to deliver his painting, "Washington before Yorktown" to the Capitol Rotunda; to lecture before the Art Association in Washington; to deliver his portrait of John Marshall to the Virginia State Library; and to view Crawford's equestrian statue of Washington and Houdon's marble statue in Richmond. Also include a carte-de-visite photograph of Peale.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920097

University of Virginia. Library

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Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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