Sellers, Charles Coleman — Charles Willson Peale
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Tan cloth with gilt lettering, black title block on spine, black dust jacket with color illustration, 510 pp. 13 color, 101 bw plates. This biography provides the most complete record available of the artist's achievements and of the Peale family. A unique and especially attractive contribution to the history of life in America at the turn of the nineteenth century. "Beyond conveying the warmth and charm of Peale's life, Mr. Sellers biography provides the most complete record available of the artist's achievements and of the Peale family. The many pictures that the author gathered for this volume illustrate Peale's scientific and patriotic endeavors as well as his artistic ventures- many illustrations are reproduced here for the first time". -- from book jacket. Good+/Good (light wear to boards, corners bumped, sunning to top block edge, dust jacket is worn overall) .
