Anna Claypoole Peale (1791–1878),

• Was as an American painter.
• She specialized in portrait miniatures on ivory and still lifes.
• She was daughter of James Peale and Mary Chambers Claypoole Peale.
• Anna was the fourth of six children.
• Her father was encouraged to train Anna by his brother Charles Willson Peale.
• Anna served a five-year apprenticeship with her father.
• Anna's success in portraiture followed generations of portrait artists in her family.
• Some of Anna's notable sitters included President James Monroe and President Andrew Jackson.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Anna Claypoole Peale, 1812 by James Peale, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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