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A work made of oil on canvas.

Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr.

Charles Willson Peale · 1790

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Palette

Pine
 40% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.2:1
Silver
 30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Pewter
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Slate
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Tan
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Charles Willson Peale
Date
1790
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
91.5 × 69.3 cm (36 × 27 5/16 in.)
Place
Philadelphia
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Grey · lightness 44, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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