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Born this day in 1791: Anna Claypoole Peale (1791–1878), professional miniaturist and oil painter
Peale
was born into a family of accomplished minaturists, including her sister Sarah Peale; her
father, James Peale; and her famous uncle, Charles Wilson Peale. Peale’s talent
developed early, and she received encouragement and training from both her
father and her uncle. She gave her first exhibit when she was only 20. Many
famous personages and other ladies and gentlemen sat for her, so many that, her
uncle reported, she was “obliged to raise her prices.” In 1824 she and Sarah
become two women elected to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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