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 said to have painted fourteen portraits of Washington; one of the most noted, ordered by Lafayette for the French King, was purchased by the Count de Menou during the French Revolution and presented to the National Institute, where it is still preserved. Among his other portraits are those of Generals Lincoln, Green, Rochambeau, Hamilton, Reed, Gates, DeKalb, Bishop White, Charles Carroll, John Hancock, Jefferson, Dr. McKean, Dr. Franklin, and Lord Stirling; 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 Philadelphia, Oct. 3, 1860. Portrait painter, pupil of Benjamin West; son of Charles Wilson Peale, for whose museum 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 engraved), S. A. Coale, St. Louis; Babes in the Wood, 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 Collection, Philadelphia. Portraits: Rammohun Roy, Gilbert C. Stuart, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Priestley, Mrs. Madison, Stephen Decatur, 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 Washington, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Philadelphia; Houdon the sculptor, Denon, Pennsylvania Academy, ib.; Equestrian Portrait of Washington, Independence Hall, ib.

PEARCE, CHARLES SPRAGUE, born in Boston, Mass., in 1851. Portrait and figure painter, pupil of Léon 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: L'Italienne (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. × 2 ft. A boy, standing before a wall, holding a basket in right hand, looks towards a dog whose head is seen below on right. Duc 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, École espagnole; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875), xi. 35; Scott, Murillo; Hermitage Cat, 132.

By Murillo, Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Westmoreland; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Boy herding cattle and ridding himself of vermin.—Stirling, iii. 1441; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 265; Curtis, 278.

By Murillo, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 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. Probably 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 variations, Museo del Prado. Engraved by Boutrois, Masson, Jazet; etched by Châtaignier, Boutrois, L'Hotellier; lithographed by G. Engelmann, Langlumé, Marigny, I. Baker.—Curtis, 276; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole.

By Murillo, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. A ragged boy, with one shoulder bare, leaning his el