Peale Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

Augustin Runyon Peale, Jr.

Herbert Raphaelle Peale

Adele Peale Conway 1950, dealer, Edward A. Newman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Charles Willson Peale, James Peale, 1822, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., 50.58.