$1,890
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: May 3, 2022 11:00:00 AM EDT
Oil on canvas, accompanied by a paper label, "Academie des Beaux Arts de/ Pennsylvania 1826/ Charles Wilson Peale/ "Parade of the Mummer’s" [Mummers], framed.
18 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. (sight)Note
This scene may be a Colonial Revival interpretation of the famous Meschianza which took place in Philadelphia, May 18, 1788. The extravagant masquerade ball was organized by British officers to honor General Sir William Howe who had resigned his post and was returning to England.