Half-length portrait of Robert Waln seated in red chair. Sitter has gray hair, is wearing spectacles, black jacket, white vest, and shirt with bow tied cravat. Red drapery, green-brown background, gilt frame.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Made/Created
Artist
Rembrandt, Peale, attributed to
Date made
1820 - 1825
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Notes
Author: Rembrandt, Peale, attributed to
Dimensions
Height
25 in
Width
22 in
Depth
2-3/4 in
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Jordan, J. ed. Colonial Families of Philadelphia v.I p. 200-225. New York: Lewis Publishing Co. 1911
Simpson, H. Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. Phila: Wm. Brotherhead, 1859.
Wison, J.G. ed. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography v. VI, New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1889.
China, by Robert Waln III (son) Maxwell, 1823.
Brief biography and geneology in object file
Peale, Rembrandt, Graphics, The Art of Accurate Delineation... Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1863
See Curator subject files- Peale
Provenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book, "Rec'd Nov. 12, 1953. 1. Portrait of Robert Waln by Rembrandt Peale."
Donated by Mrs. Edward Hinkle Hergesheimer, 113 West Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118.
Catalogue of American Portraits (1979) National Portrait Gallery, p. 238.
