THE RAMSEY-POLK FAMILY AT CARPENTER'S POINT POSTCARD

$1.50 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

This portrait depicts three members of an elite Philadelphia family who fled to an estate in Maryland to escape the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic that claimed 5,000 lives in three months’ time. The women shown here were in-law relatives of James Peale’s deceased sister. Through their connections to the prominent Peale family of Philadelphia—many of whom were also respected artists—they were able to sit for this portrait in a time of exile and uncertainty.Este retrato representa tres miembros de una…