Shadows in a Legacy: The Peale Women

April 4th - August 31st, 2025 Exhibition

Special exhibition that is coming up on April 4th and will be on view until August 31st.

Hours 12 – 5pm, Closed on Tuesdays

The Hammond-Harwood House presents Shadows in a Legacy: The Peale Women.

Sarah Miriam Peale was the niece of the prominent Colonial painter Charles Willson Peale and the youngest of four daughters of James Peale. James Peale was a noted miniaturist and the younger brother of Charles. Sarah Miriam is considered, by many, the first successful American woman portrait artist. The Hammond-Harwood House Collection has a still life painting by Sarah’s older sister, Margaretta Angelica Peale.

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