Description: Briefly surveys the life of the early American portrait painter and describes an incident in which George Washington, visiting his natural history museum, was fooled by a lifelike painting of two of Peale's sons climbing a staircase.
Synopsis Briefly surveys the life of the early American portrait painter and describes an incident in which George Washington, visiting his natural history museum, was fooled by a lifelike painting of two of Peale's sons climbing a staircase.
Details
Publication Date:
2001-08-01
Illustrator:
Kathy Osborn
Edition Description:
Reprint
Size
Height:
11.3 in
Width:
8.8 in
Thickness:
0.2 in
Weight:
5.6 oz
Publisher's Note Surveys the life of the early American painter Charles Willson Peale, and describes how George Washington, visiting his natural history museum, was fooled by a lifelike painting of two of Peale's sons climbing a staircase.