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.
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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-
