Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 22, 1786
Primary Source Reference:
Charles Willson Peale to John Beale Bordley, 22 Aug 1786 (Selected Papers, 1: 451)
Additional Source Text:
"Your favor of [three items] I have just recd and placed amongst my other articles of Curious Nature."
Notes:
John Beale Bordley (1727-1804) was a Maryland planter and judge. He was a close friend of Peale who raised the funds in 1766 to send the young artist to London to train under Benjamin West's tutelage. This donation reflects Bordley's interest in experimenting with new agricultural products, such as silk grass that was sometimes cultivated for its fiber.
