American art for display
Two rare early American paintings will be displayed at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery during the American bicentennial celebrations from April 2 to 10.
The paintings, which are from the private collection of Sir Maxwell and Lady Richmond, are portraits of George Washington and a Richmond ancestor, Major Christopher Richmond. It is rare for two such early American paintings to be found together. The portrait of Washington is by Charles Willson Peale, a major early American artist, and is in head and shoulders form. It is one of a number of portraits of him attributed to Peale. This one was taken from his portrait of Washington with Lafayette and Tilgham, the Governor of Maryland at Yorktown in 1789.
The painting of Major Richmond is unsigned but the director of the Robert McDougal] Art Gallery (Mr B. Muir), says that it is similar in style and composition to the Washington portrait by Peale. For this reason he intends to make a close comparison of the two. The portrait came from the same source as that of Washington. Only 70 paintings by Charles Peale are catalogued.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34111, 25 March 1976, Page 16
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188American art for display Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34111, 25 March 1976, Page 16
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