Selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection

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Selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection

circa 1767-1904

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The microfilmed selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection contain autobiographical and biographical material; letters; writings; printed material; photographs; a sketchbook; drawings; and notebooks belonging to Charles Willson Peale and the Peale family with notes and writings by Horace Wells Sellers. The Charles Willson Peale material includes part of the preliminary draft of his autobiography (circa 1790) and a typed copy with notes and addenda by Horace Wells Sellers; typescripts of letterbooks (1767-1827); a list of portraits and Washington portrait material; a notebook pertaining to paintings and a memo book containing recipes for medicines, colors, and notes on painting technique; lectures and essays on natural history, health, domestic happiness, and Peale's museum; and letters from John De Peyster. Peale family material includes James Peale's sketchbook; Rubens Peale's letterbooks (1802-1824), lists of pictures painted at Riverside Farm, and memorandum on his life; writings by Titian Ramsay Peale on techniques of miniature painting and a biography of Charles Willson; and letters of Titian and Franklin Peale (1831-1869), with biographical comments by Sellers. Also included are a history of the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, a club Titian and Franklin belonged to; material on Peale's Museum including correspondence, minutes, articles of incorporation, and a handbook with a partial description of the museum's contents; Peale family photographs; and drawings and silhouettes.

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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, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885

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Titian Ramsay Peale was a naturalist, explorer, and artist. From the description of Sketches, 1817-1875, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624313 From the description of Correspondence, 1820-1868. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523569 From the guide to the Titian Ramsay Peale correspondence, 1820-1868, 1820-1868, (American Philosophical Society) Painter and naturalist. From...

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...

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...

Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870

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Benjamin Franklin Peale was a son of Charles Willson Peale, and a naturalist, paleontologist, and traveler. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1833. From the description of Songs, 1822-1823, for guitar and piano. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440418 From the guide to the Songs, 1822-1823, for guitar and piano, 1822-1823, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Sellers, Horace Wells, 1857-1933.

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Horace Wells Sellers was an architect. From the description of Papers, 1828-1930, on Independence Hall. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578997 From the guide to the Papers, 1828-1930, on Independence Hall, 1828-1930, (American Philosophical Society) ...

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) ...