"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

15 April 2018

Happy birthday, Peale.

Peale, Captain Joseph Brandt, 1797


Charles Willson Peale was born on this day in 1741.

The learner must be led always from familiar objects toward the unfamiliar, guided along, as it were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life.

Charles Willson Peale

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