Exhumation of the Mastodon

Subject: 
Paintings; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.; Peale Family (artists); Animal remains (Archaeology); Portrait group; Landscape
Exhumation of the Mastodon
Item ID: 
MA5911
Creator: 
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.
Description: 
Scene shows numerous figures around a water-filled pit. Triangular wooden frame structure appears in center, to which buckets are attached on a pulley system. Artist and his family are represented center; other figures work in water, around waterwheel. Tents are seen in background. Oil on canvas by Charles Willson Peale.
Date of Original: 
1806-1808
Collection: 
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Museum Department
Type/Size: 
Image
Restrictions: 
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights: 
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org