Mary
Jane Peale
The Last Light of a Legacy Mary Jane Peale (February 16, 1827 – November 22, 1902) stands as the final, luminous vestige of a remarkable artistic lineage—the Peale family—a dynasty that profoundly shaped the trajectory of American art history during the Romantic and Victorian eras. …
A portrait built from Mary Jane Peale's own colours
Every 18 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
