Peale Family Paintings from the Estate of J. Ashley and Pamela Patterson Roach

Early 19th century
A Group of Three Silhouettes with Peale Family Provenance
One inscribed C W Peale (lc) and (lr); one inscribed Baron Humboldt. / Phil. June 20th 1804. (uc) and stamped MUSEUM (lc); one inscribed Jean Patterson / Grandmother M J P (lr)
Cut paper
The first two approximately 4 7/8 x 4 inches, the last 7 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches

Literature for the portrait of Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the German explorer and naturalist:
Charles Coleman Sellers, Charles Willson Peale, Volume II: Later Life (1790-1827), American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1947, no. 184, fig. 18

Provenance for the two smaller:
Charles Willson Peale
(Probably to) Rubens Peale
(Probably to) Mary Jane Peale
Mary Rebecca Frisby Wilmer Peale (1838-1921)
Caroline Elise and Elisabeth "Elsie" Burd Peale (1875-1931)
Caroline Elise Peale (1872-1943)
Rebecca Burd Peale Patterson (1881-1952)
Pamela Shippen Patterson (Roach) (1943-2013)
Trust of Pamela Patterson Roach, 2013
Trust of Joseph Ashley Roach, 2024

Provenance for the larger:
Mr. George Patterson (1762-1814) and wife Jean Burd Patterson (1757-1819)
(Probably to) Eliza Burd Patterson, Mrs. Rubens Peale (1795-1864)
Mary Jane Peale
Mary Rebecca Frisby Wilmer Peale (1838-1921)
Caroline Elise and Elisabeth "Elsie" Burd Peale (1875-1931)
Caroline Elise Peale (1872-1943)
Rebecca Burd Peale Patterson (1881-1952)
Pamela Shippen Patterson (Roach) (1943-2013)
Trust of Pamela Patterson Roach, 2013
Trust of Joseph Ashley Roach, 2024

Notes:
From Sellers, "End-May 1804 The President received all the travelers with his usual friendly warmth…The party visited the Navy Yard, the new capitol buildings, and called upon Peale’s friends, Dr. William Thorton, the architect, and Samuel Smith, then a senator from Pennsylvania. To these and others, Peale presented silhouettes of the Baron and entourage, having brought along a pocketful for the purpose."