Charles Willson Peale The Peale Family Charles Willson Peale's
brother James Peale, 1749–1831, b. Chestertown, Md., painted
portraits, particularly miniatures. There is a portrait of
Washington by him in the New-York Historical Society. Another
hangs in Independence Hall. Of Charles Willson Peale's 17
children, four aptly named sons became painters— Titian Peale,
1799–1885, animal painter, b. Philadelphia; Rubens Peale,
1784–1865, still-life painter, b. Bucks co., Pa.; Raphaelle
Peale, 1774–1825, still-life and portrait painter, b. Annapolis,
Md., known chiefly for After the Bath (Nelson Gall.-Atkins Mus.,
Kansas City, Mo.); and Rembrandt Peale, 1778–1860, portrait and
historical painter, b. Bucks County, Pa. Rembrandt Peale
practiced for several years in Charleston, S.C., became a pupil
of Benjamin West in London, and visited Paris, where he painted
many eminent Frenchmen. In 1810 he settled in Philadelphia,
devoting himself chiefly to portraiture. He was one of the
original members of the National Academy o