Sarah Miriam Peale
American artist
Died when: 84 years 261 days (1016 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Sarah Miriam Peale (May 19, 1800 – February 4, 1885) was an American portrait painter, considered the first American woman to succeed as a professional artist.
One of a family of artists of whom her uncle Charles Willson Peale was the most illustrious, Sarah Peale painted portraits mainly of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. notables, politicians, and military figures.
Lafayette sat for her four times.
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