Titian Ramsay Peale Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
label: Names
content: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
creator: label: Creator
content: Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885) was a naturalist, photographer, and scientific illustrator. Named for an older brother who died in 1798, he was the only naturalist in the Peale family and documented animals and scenery in watercolors on scientific expeditions, including the 1819 Long expedition to the Rocky Mountains. 

Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) was a portrait painter and engraver and studied in London with Benjamin West. He is known for his portraits of the founding fathers including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. In 1786 he founded the Peale Museum, and was one of the founding members of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (1 partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1771-1876
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pealtiti
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P28 (fr. 582-698) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Titian Ramsay Peale collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Titian Ramsay Peale collection consists of papers gathered by Titian R. Peale from the papers of his father, Charles Willson Peale, relating to the history of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Some of the papers were to be used by Theodore Cuyler for the opening address during the dedication of the Academy's new building in 1876. Also included is a copy of a letter to Charles W. Peale from Benjamin West (1771 June 21), mentioning Peale's recent arrival in Maryland and two recent paintings of West, Hannibal and Death of Wolfe.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art holds the Rembrandt and Harriet Peale collection, circa 1820-1932 and the Rubens Peale diaries, 1855-1865. Also found at the Archives of American Art are the microfilmed Charles Willson Peale diaries and exhibition announcement, 1765-1826; microfilmed printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862; microfilmed Mary Jane Peale and Peale family selected papers, circa 1815-1897; microfilmed selected Peale family papers, 1803-1854; microfilmed selected papers from the Peale-Sellers collection, circa 1767-1904; and microfilmed Augusta Barker papers, 1875-1887. 

The American Philosophical Society holds the Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963 and the Peale family papers, 1705-1898.