Charles Willson Peale and the Representation of America
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Examine the representation of liberty in the art of Charles Willson Peale and the language of liberty as it appears in Peale's paintings. A slaveholder from Maryland, Peale became a soldier in the American Revolution and a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature that abolished slavery in the Commonwealth. This lecture will explore how the logic of liberty carried Peale forward through his artistic and civic career.