Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne

Gallery 102, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

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Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne

1772

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827) Portrait of John Cadwalader (American, 1742–1786) Portrait of Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader (American, 1742–1776) Portrait of Anne Cadwalader (American, 1771–1850)

In 1770 Philadelphia merchant John Cadwalader and his wife Elizabeth, a wealthy Maryland heiress, commissioned five family portraits for their Second Street house. They chose artist Charles Willson Peale, who had recently returned from training with renowned history painter Benjamin West in London. The centerpiece of the series was this conversation piece in which the sitters engage with each other rather than the viewer—the latest fashion in grand manner British portraiture.

Gallery 102, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and Their Daughter Anne

Date:

1772

Artists:

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

50 1/2 × 41 1/4 inches (128.3 × 104.8 cm) Framed: 56 × 45 5/8 inches (142.2 × 115.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Cadwalader Collection with funds contributed by the Mabel Pew Myrin Trust and the gift of an anonymous donor, 1983

Accession Number:

1983-90-3

Geography:

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

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