CHARLES WILLSON PEALE ART AND SELFHOOD IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Ward, David C.
- Publisher: Published by University of California Press
- Date published: 2004
- ISBN: 9780520239609
Published by University of California Press, 2004. 1st USA edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Illustrated by Peale, Charles Willson. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Biography: A portrait painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic Artist in His Museum, Peale was also a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Red ink stamp to vertical edge of text block (examination copy, not for resale). Contents clean. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine, small charity price label to rear panel.
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