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CHARLES WILSON PEALE
Charles Willson
Peale, Public
domain, via
Wikimedia Commons.
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- Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist.
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Peale's portraits of leading American figures of the late 18th century are some of the most recognizable and prominent from that era. In 1784, he founded the Philadelphia Museum, one of the first American museums.
(Wikipedia)
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