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Could it be that famous portraitist Charles Willson Peale had a dark side? He was known nationally for his fine paintings and for starting his own museum in Philadelphia with art and taxidermy.

Written in the riveting first-person voice of Moses Williams, Peale's former slave, we hear about this great man and his family. Yet it is a sad story of ambition, domination, and eventually death. ... More

Could it be that famous portraitist Charles Willson Peale had a dark side? He was known nationally for his fine paintings and for starting his own museum in Philadelphia with art and taxidermy.

Written in the riveting first-person voice of Moses Williams, Peale's former slave, we hear about this great man and his family. Yet it is a sad story of ambition, domination, and eventually death. Respected author Mary E. Lyons takes us from room to room in the famous Peale Museum as her story unfolds -- a story of post-Revolutionary America you'll never forget.