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Charles Willson Peale

The English Church, New York

Maker

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741-1827)

Title

The English Church, New York

Year

ca.1776

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Pen and ink on paper

Materials

ink

Supports

Smooth lightweight wove paper

Dimensions

21 x 28.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:inscribed in brown ink:Burned/September 21 1771/The English Church New York/Charles Willson Peale

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of John Davis Hatch

Object Number

1991.096.18

Type

Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

19th-Century American Drawings from the Collection

Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

This drawing of the still-smoldering English Church, which burned in the Great New York Fire of 1776, was made by Charles Willson Peale. A portrait painter, scientist, and political radical, Peale drew the church during the Revolutionary War while serving in the Continental Army under George Washington. Peale’s sketches were rarely preparatory, but instead often accompanied his diary or letters.

The church still stands in Lower Manhattan today in its third reconstruction, as Trinity Church.

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Tombstone

Charles Willson Peale (American, 1741-1827)

The English Church, New York, ca.1776

Pen and ink on paper

21 x 28.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches)

Gift of John Davis Hatch 1991.096.18

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