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Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) Mary Gibson Tilghman (Mrs. Richard Tilghman, 1766-90) and Sons William Gibson Tilghman (1785-1844) and John Lloyd Tilghman (1788-1832) 1789
Oil on canvas
Please note:
This painting may not currently be on view at the Maryland
Historical Society.
Medium: Painting Description: Triple portrait shows Mary Gibson Tilghman (Mrs. Richard Tilghman) and her sons William Gibson Tilghman and John Lloyd Tilghman as young boys. Group is seated on patterned pink couch. The woman has long brown hair and wears long gray dress and white fichu. The older boy, about 5 years of age, wears blue skeleton suit and holds stuffed blue jay. The younger boy wears white dress. Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Lower right: "CW Peale 1789"