Peale Research Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dwight, Edward H., 1919-1981
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content: Edward H. Dwight Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 14-16)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dwigedwa, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series documents Dwight's research on members of the Peale family of artists, focusing primarily on Raphaelle Peale. 

Correspondence includes requests, and responses to requests, for information from a variety of sources, and discussions with Peale collectors and scholars. Also found is correspondence with Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., regarding the publication of an article by Dwight on the Peale family.

Writings and notes by Dwight include drafts of essays, notes on chronologies compiled by Dwight, and notes taken from various articles on Raphaelle Peale's techniques, and the characteristics of his portraits and still lifes. Writings by others include Paula Ann Foley's 1981 thesis on Raphaelle Peale, and a 1963 article on Raphaelle Peale by Donald R. Haug.

Additional research files are arranged by subject and include printed material, such as articles about Raphaelle, Charles Willson, and Rembrandt Peale, and documentation on various collections of their artwork; compiled data and reproductions of artwork collated by categories such as miniatures, portraits, silhouettes, still lifes, "fakes," and copies; and research on Peale signatures and artistic techniques.

Also found are photos of artwork by members of the Peale family.