Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)

Edward Burd

Details

Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Edward Burd
oil on canvas
28½ x 23¼ in. (72.4 x 59.1 cm.)
Painted in 1820.

Provenance

The artist.
Eliza Burd Patterson Peale, daughter-in-law of the above, gift from the above, 1820.
By descent.
Rubens H. Peale, 1865.
Mary Grubb Smith Morris, acquired from the above, 1937.
By descent.
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, Descendant of Anthony Morris and Other Collections, 14-15 November 2009, lot 402.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Exhibition of Portraits by Charles Willson Peale and James Peale and Rembrandt Peale, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1923, p. 161, no. 185.
C.C. Sellers, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1952, p. 44, no. 91.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1822.
New York, Peale's Museum, n.d.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Exhibition of Portraits by Charles Willson Peale and James Peale and Rembrandt Peale, April 11-May 9, 1923, no. 185.

Lot Essay

Edward Burd (1749-1833) was a Revolutionary War officer and later a chief court clerk of Pennsylvania. He served as a trustee of The Academy and College of Philadelphia and retained his position when the school became the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. His niece Elizabeth Burd Patterson married Charles Willson Peale's son, Rubens Peale, on March 6, 1820. The present work was a wedding gift to Elizabeth from the artist.

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