A Guide to the Rembrandt Peale Collection, n.d. Peale, Rembrandt, Collection 10750

A Guide to the Rembrandt Peale Collection, n.d.

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The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 10750

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10750

Title

Rembrandt Peale Collection n.d.

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of two items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Rembrandt Peale Collection, Accession #10750, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were purchased from Central Virginia Coin & Antique Exchange of Charlottesville, Virginia, on March 21, 1988.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of an undated carte-de-viste (sephia) photograph of the artist Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) and a letter from Peale to [Asher Brown ?] Durand, May 21, 1858, discussing his large painting of "Washington before Yorktown," which he retouched before offering it to Congress to be hung in the Rotunda of the Capitol, a lecture before the Art Association in Washington, D.C., his portrait of Chief Justice Marshall, which was placed in the Virginia State Library, and his viewing of Thomas Crawford's "Equestrian Washington" and Jean Antoine Houdon's marble statue of Washington in Richmond, Virginia.