SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Charles Willson Peale Jeffersonian delights of a garden at season's end  Sep 24, 2007 My hero, Jefferson, got it right when he wrote to his friend Charles Willson Peale in 1811: "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Such a variety of subjects, some one always coming to perfection, the failure of one thing repaired by the success of another, and instead of one harvest a continued one through the year." Right, as always. Jefferson was such a lovely, serene and exquisite man. (Bismarck Tribune, ND) North Carolina town is the home of Pepsi  Feb 15, 2007 Paintings by such renowned 18th-century artists as Thomas Gainsborough and Charles Willson Peale hang on its walls. Portraits of British monarchs decorate the home, along with 18th-century maps, collections of English and American silverware and bird and botanical prints. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel) "A Son and his Adoptive Father"  Feb 3, 2007 Lafayette by Charles Willson Peale, commissioned by Washington in 1779. Courtesy of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. (Chronicle Newspapers, VA) Back to Art News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008