Children of Commodore John Daniel Danels

Description

This group portrait shows the five children of Commodore John Daniel Danels (1782-1855). At left, a boy stands wearing brown skeleton suit. John Danels is seen in center wearing green jacket while at right, Lewis Danels is seated, wearing a brown skeleton suit. Eugenia Danels, seen on the stool, wears a salmon dress. Two enslaved African-American boys are seen in this image. One lays on the floor in front of the group with his back to the viewer, holding what appears to be a bowl of soap for the bubbles, while the other boy, cast in shadow, peers into the room from behind a door in the background.

Creator

Street, Robert, 1796-1865

Date

circa 1826

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

1973.12.1

Resource ID

7879

Notes

Attributed to Robert Street (1796-1865). Because the painting is unsigned, it was at different times this painting attributed to Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) and Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885). In 1822, Street held a studio space in Rembrandt Peale's Museum on Holliday Street in Baltimore, Maryland, where he painted a portrait of Commodore John Daniel Danels (1782-1855).

Credit Line

Gift of Elinor Douglas Wise de Richelieu

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.