Artist/Maker
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 – 1827)
After
John Durand
(American, 1731 – 1805)
Depicted
William De Peyster Sr.
(1709 – 1784)
William De Peyster, Sr. (1709-1784)
1798
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Bequest of Emily M. De Peyster
1918.11
The subject of this portrait was born in New York, the son of Johannes (1666-1711) and Anna (Bancker) De Peyster. He was an officer in the militia and an assistant alderman of the common council prior to the capture of New York by the British in the Revolution. Peale made copies of portraits of William De Peyster, Sr., and his wife for Ann De Peyster, the subject's daughter, while in New York in 1798. The portrait of Mr. De Peyster was a gift to the Society from his great-great-granddaughter.
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