Lambert Cadwalader

Gallery 387, American Art, third floor

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Lambert Cadwalader

1771

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827) Portrait of Colonel Lambert Cadwalader (American, 1743–1823)

Lambert was John Cadwalader's brother and business partner and, like him, participated in the Revolutionary War. After leaving the army, he represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress and the U. S. Congress. Peale created this depiction of Lambert, and that of his sister Martha, in a manner ambitiously stylish. The two siblings are placed in different settings, but are paired by the soft blues in their clothing and the use of graceful, serpentine lines.

Gallery 387, American Art, third floor

Object Details

Titles:

Lambert Cadwalader
Portrait of Colonel Lambert Cadwalader (1743-1823)

Date:

1771

Artists:

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741–1827) Portrait of Colonel Lambert Cadwalader (American, 1743–1823)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

51 x 40 7/8 inches (129.5 x 103.8 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:

1983-90-4

Geography:

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

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