Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 11, 1788
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 11 Dec 1788
Notes:
Coral tree is a collective term for the approximately 130 species of Erythrina, a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that grows in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Erythrina lysistemon is pictured here.
In 1788 Peale painted a double portrait of Baltimore merchant Benjamin Laming (ca. 1750-1792) and his wife Eleanor Ridgely Laming (ca.1760-1829) (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Object no.1966.10.1)
Peale's Common Name:
Coral tree
Current Common Name:
Coral tree
Current Scientific Name
Erythrina
