John B. Pendleton
Artist: Rembrandt Peale (American, 1778-1860)
Date: about 1828
Dimensions:
Frame: 36 × 31 × 2 1/2 in. (91.4 × 78.7 × 6.4 cm)
Canvas: 31 1/8 × 25 1/8 in. (79.1 × 63.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1941.34
Label Text:John B. Pendleton (1798–1866) and his older brother William were pioneers in commercial lithography in America. In 1825 the Pendletons opened the first lithography firm in the country, in Boston, and they published all but three of Rembrandt Peale’s lithographs. This portrait was exhibited in Boston in 1828, so was presumably painted in or shortly before that year, at a time when Peale and John Pendleton were working closely together.
The Pendleton brothers had close ties with the Peale family, many of whom were artists (look for Still Life with Oranges by Rembrandt’s brother Raphaelle Peale in this gallery). Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt’s father and a painter himself, started the first museum in America in Philadelphia in 1786. In 1814 Rembrandt Peale followed his father’s example and opened Peale’s Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts. The Pendletons helped to install a gas lighting system in the museum.
The Pendleton brothers had close ties with the Peale family, many of whom were artists (look for Still Life with Oranges by Rembrandt’s brother Raphaelle Peale in this gallery). Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt’s father and a painter himself, started the first museum in America in Philadelphia in 1786. In 1814 Rembrandt Peale followed his father’s example and opened Peale’s Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts. The Pendletons helped to install a gas lighting system in the museum.
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