Adams, John to [Abigail Adams], 1775 August 21
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Adams, John to [Abigail Adams], 1775 August 21 | ||
| Alternative Title | Adams, John, 1735-1826. Letter to [Mrs. Abigail Smith Adams] | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | ||
| Recipient | Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams from Philadelphia in August 1776. He describes going to Mr. Peale's (presumably Charles Willson Peale) house to see a picture of the extended Peale family. Adams describes the picture as well as other portraits and compares them to John Singleton Copley's work, claiming that they are not as good as Copley's but better than Benjamin West's. Adams lists a number of portraits that Peale has painted. Adams also refers to some Peale sculpture, "heads which he has made in Clay, as large as life." | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Portrait painting--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Painting, Modern--18th century--History | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Portrait sculpture--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 2p.|10-1/2x8 | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1775-08-21 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963 | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.P31 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P31-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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