not just by charles wilson peel but by all these artist. this was a complicated moment during the revolution and after the revolution transformative. compelling. captivating. confusing. frightening. utterly imcomprehensionible. not being able to understand what's happening. while it's happening. or what it is going to lead to. certain things were clear. british rule was over. british images. british rituals. british kings. british governors. all of british history were instantly offensive and completely obsolete. so good-bye to all of that. and now what was required were american images, american rituals, american heroes. american history. even though the history is, you know, 15 minutes long. and especially in a new country, that is not united. fractured into state with local identities. new yorkers thought of themselves first and foremost as new yorkers, not as oh, i'm a citizen of the united states, whatever that is. same thing with south carolynians or georgians or anything from a -- or virginia or you name it. their identities are loca

it's based on a prototype that charles wilson peal did in 1776. this particular painting shows in the left, you might recognize nassau hall, this is supposed to symbolize his victory at the battle of trenton and princeton in 1976, 1777. peal was very smart, and we'll see this with the other artists we'll talk about today. he knew when he had a good thing. he had this prototype and decided he would keep producing it to people who commissioned him. this one was commissioned for the spanish delegation in congress. so he made about 17 of these overall. peal also painted george washington at the federal convention in the summer of 1787. i thought this was interesting because he's still wearing his general's uniform. he hasn't quite relinquished his claim to fame as a general yet, even while he's sitting as the president of a civilian organization like the federal convention. john trumbull painted this painting of george washington in 1790 for martha. it's a very small painting. it's called washington at verplank's point, outside of new york city. trumb

compare it with charles wilson peal's self portrait, artist in his museum from 1822. in case you don't get the spoof, wood literally frames his composition around the imagery of charles wilson peal's famous 1822 portrait. peal is drawing the curtain bcke on history. like weems' story, it's an artificial fabrication. his specimens are a reality frozen in time. grant wood's washington is static and unchanging like the stuff birds on display. he's the same at 8 as he was at 64. grant wood's other famous image, daughters of revolution, not even daughters of the revolution, he wanted to show how stodgy blue-haired ladies like this can serve as the establishment against the kind of movement that gave birth to the united states in the first place. they are supposed to be the daughters of the american revolution, the dar. grant wanted to show by 1932 how much they had betrayed that legacy by becoming in turn an establishment against which people like grant wood would be happy to revolt. it's kind of -- he's kind of dissing the dar for their having thrown obstacles in his way.

peale. -- charles wilson peale. i was wondering how he inspired his son to do the more recognizable portraits of the revolution. paul: his children were rembrandt, raffi l -- raphael, rembrandt peale. peal, michelangelo peal. rembrandt peale, one of the older kids, charles willson peale was from philadelphia but traveling all over, new york, but stewart travels around were all the -- where the capital is new york, philadelphia, , washington, d.c. the capital in philadelphia he goes there to paint washington and peale says, wait a minute. this is my city and washington is my man. stewart is selling pictures and all that. in order to make peale feel less bad stewart arranges with , washington to have charles willson come to the president's house and that is where rembrandt peale paints his one portrait of washington. he is getting in on this in the 1790's. i did not include him because that was a later generation in i really dislike the picture, too. [laughter] paul: but what he does is make this into a business. he t

compare that to charles wilson peale's portrait. in case you don't get the spoof, wood literally framed this composition around the famous portrait. peale is drawing the curtain back on a package reality with specimens are neatly packed in cubicles. this is the natural history museum in philadelphia. peale's famous natural history collection like weems' story is a fabrication. his specimens are a reality frozen in time like the stuffed birds on display. washington is static and unchanging. the same at eight as he was at 64. other famous image, daughters of the revolution, not even daughters of the revolution but daughters of revolution wanted to show how blue haired ladies like this can actually serve as the establishment against the kind of movement that gave birth to united states in the first place. it is supposed to be daughters of the american revolution who are the standard bearers the legacy of the american revolution and he wanted to show by 1932 how much they had the trade those -- betrayed that legacy by becoming an establ

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