Peale, Margaretta Angelica (1795–1882)

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Peale, Margaretta Angelica (1795–1882)

American painter. Born Margaretta Angelica Peale, Oct 1, 1795, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in Philadelphia, Jan 17, 1882; 2nd dau. of James Peale (1749–1831, painter) and Mary Claypoole Peale (1753–1829); sister of Anna Claypoole Peale (1791–1878) and Sarah Miriam Peale (1800–1885); never married; no children.

Still life and portrait painter, who was the least accomplished or prolific of the 3 artist sisters; exhibited at Artists' Fund Society and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1828–31); paintings include Catalog Deception (1813), Still Life: Grapes and Pomegranates, Still Life: Strawberries and Cherries and Still Life (1828).

See also Charles H. Elam, The Peale Family: Three Generations of American Artists (Wayne State U. Press, 1967); and Women in World History.

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