Still Life with Peaches.
Peale, James, 1749-1831.
Still-life painting.
The signature on the stretcher indicates that the painting was a New Year's present to Dr. James Rush's wife, Phoebe. Dr. Rush was the Peale family physician, as well as a friend, and the painting might have been payment for medical services.
Bequest of Dr. James Rush, 1869.
Exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Bicentennial exhibit, Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art (1976). Exhibited in the Library Company's exhibition, Quarter of a Millennium (1981).
Rush, James, 1786-1869, former owner.
Rush, Phoebe Anne, 1799-1857, former owner.
Ca. 1824-1831
Painting.
Oil on canvas ; 19 1/2 x 26 (3 x 4 1/2) inches ; Framed: 28 3/4 x 35 3/4 x (3+2)5 inches.
digitool:55470
OBJ 117
OBJ 117
Referenced by Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976, p. 260 (#217).
Referenced by Library Company of Philadelphia. Quarter of a Millennium. Philadelphia: Library Company, 1981, p. 205.
Referenced by Soltis, Carol E. “Highlights from the Collection of Paintings and Sculpture,” Magazine Antiques 70 (2) (2006): 83-84.