Self-Portrait with Mastodon Bone
Item
Creator
Peale. Charles Willson
Title
Self-Portrait with Mastodon Bone
Description
"In 1801, Peale (above: Self-Portrait with Mastodon Bone, 1824) succeeded in buying Masten’s bones and teeth, paying the farmer $200 (about $4,000 in today’s dollars) and tossing in new gowns for his wife and daughters, along with a gun for the farmer’s son. (New York Historical Society)"
Date
1801
Source
Smithsonian Magazine
Contributor
Vela, Jaimie