Portrait of Mary Benezet (1755-1808)

Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

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Portrait of Mary Benezet (1755-1808)

1772

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827) Portrait of Mary Benezet (American, 1755–1808)

During the summer of 1772 Charles Willson Peale completed several important portrait commissions in Philadelphia and although he did not relocate from his native Maryland to the city until 1776, he was already considering the move. Among these notable works is this elegant portrait of Mary Benezet (1755–1808), the youngest of three daughters of a prominent merchant, Daniel Benezet. Peale painted handsome likenesses of all three sisters but Mary’s engaging glance and sweet smile suggest that the artist found rendering this fine and detailed likeness a particularly pleasurable task.

Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of Mary Benezet (1755-1808)
Mary Benezet Wood Pilmore (1755-1808)

Date:

1772

Artists:

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827) Portrait of Mary Benezet (American, 1755–1808)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

30 1/8 x 25 3/16 inches (76.5 x 64 cm) Framed: 36 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (92.1 x 79.4 x 7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Thomas Evans, 1962

Accession Number:

1962-126-1

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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