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Ad Code: 2
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of George Washington
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Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles Peale Polk was orphaned at age ten
and grew up in Philadelphia with his prominent artist uncle, Charles
Willson Peale. He learned to paint from him. From 1787 to
1818, he tried to earn a living as a portrait artist and commercial
sign painter, moving back and forth between Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
His specialty became portraits of Revolutionary heroes such as George
Washington, General Lafayette and Benjamin Franklin, an (showing 500 of 1199 characters). |
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