Letter from James C. Copper to Mary Jane Peale
name: label: Creator
content: Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902
label: Creator
content: Copper, James C.
label: Names
content: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
label: Names
content: Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 -- Rubens Peale with a geranium
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The letter was originally owned by Dr. Colton, a Peale descendant. Dorothy A. House, Librarian of the Museum of Northern Arizona, sent the letter to Dr. Lillian Miller, Editor of the Charles Willson Peale Papers at the National Portrait Gallery, who transferred it to the Archives of American Art.
creator: label: Creator
content: Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902
label: Creator
content: Copper, James C.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Jane Peale (1827-1902) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pa. Daughter of Rubens Peale, who was Rembrandt Peale's brother.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1854 April 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pealmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4283 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter concerning Copper's gift to Peale of Rembrandt Peale's painting "Rubens Peale with a Geranium," which had been presented to Copper when it was painted. The letter has been annotated by Mary Jane Peale and is accompanied by the Charles Willson Peale Papers' transcript.