Peale, Rembrandt. [The Court of Death.]

Rembrandt Peale.  [The Court of Death]  New York: G.Q. Colton, [1859].  15 x 26 1/2 (image).  Chromolithograph by Sarony & Major.  Margins trimmed to image but image is complete. Small repaired tear upper right just into image. Else, fine condition.  Marzio, The Democratic Art, p. 51. This print is after the painting by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860). Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Charles Willson Peale.  Rembrandt travelled to England and studied under Benjamin West from 1801 to 1803.  A founder of the National Academy of Design, Peale is best known for his portrait of George Washington.  Other important paintings of his are Napoleon on Horseback, The Roman Daughter, and portraits of Thomas Jefferson and Gilbert Stuart.  The Court of Death, painted in 1820, was one of the most popular paintings of that decade. In the first year of its traveling exhibition, Peale earned over $8,000 in admissions, and it continued to be exhibited for half a century.  The size o