Still Life with Watermelon
at Harvard Art Museums
Sarah Miriam Peale
American1800–1885
About
Sarah Miriam Peale was an American portrait painter, considered the first American woman to succeed as a professional artist. One of a family of artists of whom her uncle Charles Willson Peale was the most illustrious, Sarah Peale painted portraits mainly of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. notables, politicians, and military figures. Lafayette sat for her four times.
Notable works
Self-portrait
at National Portrait Gallery
Works in the collection
2 works
Still Life with Watermelon
at Harvard Art Museums
Self-portrait
at National Portrait Gallery
More by Sarah Miriam Peale in institutions
National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
