Oil on canvas portrait of Peyton Randolph

Metadata

Title

Date

late 18th C.

Description

portrait of Peyton Randolph; Half length, facing front, powdered wig, dark red coat and waistcoat, white stock. Possibly a copy by Charles William Peale after his own life portrait of the subject of 1774. (Note: Charles Coleman Sellers, the leading authority on Peale, would not definitely attribute this painting to Peale in his catalogue of the portraits and miniatures of C.W. Peale.) Gilt frame. Peyton Randolph, elected President of the First Continental Congress in Carpenters' Hall, Sept. 5, 1774.

Type

portrait

Accession Number

ccccp 042

Cataloged By

Condition

Good. 9-18-84

History

Letter exists from E.C. Knight 1874 declaring the portrait as a gift to The Carpenters' Co. In file: Art in America article about Raphaelle Peale; A.P.S. manuscript about T.R. Peale's work; excerpt from a C.C. Sellers' article about C.W. Peale; correspondence with Newman Galleries re: cleaning of the portraits of P. Randolph and M. McGlathery; the text from E.C. Knight's 1874 letter.

Negative Number

Measurements

H (frame)- 25" W (frame)- 30"

Photo Roll Number

Where Made

USA

Date Cataloged

1984-09-18

Citation

“Oil on canvas portrait of Peyton Randolph,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 19, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/22110.