JAMES PEALE (1749-1831)*

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JAMES PEALE (1749-1831)*

PORTRAIT OF DOCTOR JOHN VAUGHN

watercolor on ivory, dexter in white cravat and black coat, signed l.l. J.P., verso inscribed Doctor John Vaughn/Born-1775-Chester County Pennsylvania/Studied medicine in University of Pennsylvania Intimate friend of such notables as;/Dr. Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson,/and Aaron Burr./Author of several noted scientific books./Died in Wilmington Delaware-1807 Signed James Peale
2 5/8 x 2in.
Provenance
H. Ellis Sale, Samuel Freeman Auction, Philadelphia, 1972
Drew Peters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania