Show famous maryland artists Mariln rid has reason to bo be proud of alio llio it 0 two artists charles and item hem librandt peale the fornier was born nt lit Chester chestertown town md aid lit in 1741 allu 1110 robert fulton he was both artist and inventor charles peale d alfo ng as a saddler jh hen en silversmith watchmaker and earve cerv er r ile he went aut to dos bos ton and studied under the celebrated copley and later in london under benjaman Benjam ln west wes then caine the honor of painting the first portrait of N aish as a Virgin lit colonel in 1772 during the revolution ho he a comp company a ny at tho the battle of trenton and gerni 1 l tind and was arns a member of tile the I 1 pennsylvania tin sylvanin convention of 1777 lle he however rendered n greater creator service I 1 ce to posterity by painting the portraits of the lending leading officers of the u tion and was one of the promoters inot rs of ic flie academy of fine arts in philadelphia la tills this most versatile man ba besides Is e a prent great of was the first Amer lerin mon of enamel teeth lie ile died in n in 1827 but his art lived 11 in the person of ins his fatuous famous son rembrandt peale renac |