Page:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, 1887, vol 3.djvu/458

 PEALE said to have painted fourteen portraits of Washington ; one of the most noted, ordered by Lafayette for the French King, was pur- chased by the Count de Menou during the French Revolution and presented to the Na- tional Institute, where it is still preserved. Among his other portraits are those of Gen- erals Lincoln, Green, Rochambeau, Hamil- ton, Reed, Gates, DeKalb, Bishop White, Charles Carroll, John Hancock, Jefferson, Dr. McKean, Dr. Franklin, and Lord Stir- ling ; Group of the Peale family (1773- 1809), Alexander Hamilton, Washington, Historical Society, New York. PEALE, REMBRANDT, born in Bucks County, Pa., Feb. 22, 1787, died in Phila- delphia, Oct. 3, 1860. Portrait painter, pu- pil of Benjamin West; sou of Charles Wilson Peale, for whose mu- seum in Philadelphia he spent some time in Paris painting the portraits of European celebrities. His most noted picture is a portrait of Washington, purchased by the United States Senate in 1832 for $2,000. Exhibited four pictures at the Royal Academy, London, in 1833. Works : Court of Death (frequently en- graved), S. A. Coale, St. Louis ; Babes in the W r ood, Mrs. M. O. Roberts, New York ; Errina, H. C. Carey, Philadelphia ; Song of the Shirt, G. W. Riggs, Washington; Wine and Cake, Italian Peasant, Claghorn Collec- tion, Philadelphia. Portraits : Rammohuu Roy, Gilbert C. Stuart, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Priestley, Mrs. Madison, Stephen De- catur, Jacob Jones, William Bainbridge, Oliver H. Perry, William Tilghman, George W. Bethune, Historical Society, New York ; Dr. Houghton, A. M. Cozzens Collection, ib. ; Thomas Sully, Martha AVashington, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Phila- delphia; Houdou the sculptor, Denon, Penn- sylvania Academy, ib. ; Equestrian Portrait of Washington, Independence Hall, ib. PEARCE, CHARLES SPRAGUE, born in Boston, Mass., in 1851. Portrait and figure painter, pupil of Leon Bonnat, in Paris. Sketched in Algiers ; has lived in Europe since 1866. Honourable mention, Paris, 1881 ; medal, 3d class, Paris, 1883 ; medals in Boston, 1878, 1881 ; Philadelphia, 1881. Studio in Paris. Works : LTtalienne (1876) ; Lamentation over the First Born in Egypt, Pet of the Harem (1878) ; Beatrice, Ophelia, Mannette, Guitar Player, Water Carrier (1883) ; The Prayer, Meditation, Philomena, Flower Girl (1884) ; Heartache (1885) ; Shepherdess of Picardy (1886). PEASANT BOY, Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. A boy, standing before a wall, holding a bas- ket in right hand, looks towards a dog whose head is seen below on right. Due de Choiseul sale (1772), with its companion, Peasant Girl (Hermitage), to Prince Galitzin, 4,600 livres. Engraved by C. Weisbrod ; lithographed by V. Dollet Curtis, 276 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole espagnole ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875), xi. 35 ; Scott, Murillo ; Hermit- age Cat,, 132. By Murillo, Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Westmoreland ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Boy herding cattle and rid- ding himself of vermin. Stirling, iii. 1441 ; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 265 ; Curtis, 278. By Murillo, Louvre ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. A ragged boy, seated on floor of a room near a window, ridding himself of vermin ; at left, a pannier and a jar. Proba- bly painted about 1650. Gaignat sale (1788), 1,544 livres; Sainte-Foy sale (1782), bought in at 3,000 livres ; afterward sold to Louis XVI. for 2,400 francs. Old copy with vari- ations, Museo del Prado. Engraved by Boutrois, Masson, Jazet ; etched by Cha- taignier, Boutrois, L'Hotellier; lithographed by G. Engelmann, Langlume, Marigny, I. Baker. Curtis, 276 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole es- pagnole. By Murillo, National Gallery, London ; canvas, H. 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 3 in. A ragged boy, with one shoulder bare, leaning his el- 408