The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family: Volume 4, Charles Willson Peale: His Last Years, 1821-1827

by Lillian Miller, David C. Ward, Sidney Hart, et al.

The fourth volume in this widely praised series chronicles the last years of prominent American artist Charles Willson Peale, a time of struggle for the family patriarch and his talented sons. The documents in this illuminating collection poignantly describe Peale's travails as his own health deteriorates and as he and his family attempt to cope with the economic forces of the era--panic, depression, and financial instability. The Peales' desire to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300061803
• ISBN13: 9780300061802
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 682 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"