C.W. Peale, The Artist in His Museum, 1822 (Public Domain)
Charles Wilson Peale (1741-1827) knew almost everything about almost everything—and he did almost everything. He was an artist, politician, naturalist, inventor, educator and farmer.
Born in Maryland, he was apprenticed at age 13 to a saddle and harness maker, learning also watchmaking, silversmithing and wood carving. Apprenticeship in colonial America was a contractual relationship often overseen by a local court in which for a stated time the master craftsman provided food, shelter and instruction, and the apprentice agreed to work without pay. The arrangement was somewhat similar to that experienced by Peale’s father who was an indentured servant, having been convicted in London of theft and forgery, sentenced to death, which was then commuted in 1735 in return for agreeing to be shipped to Maryland to do designated work for a specified number of years.
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