Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Preface IX
5. Introduction 1
6. The History of the Independence Hall Portrait Collection
7. Chapter I Pre-1850: Memory, History, and Portraiture 15
8. Chapter II The Collection Becomes a Shrine, 1850-1900 33
9. Chapter III The Shrine Becomes a Museum, 1900-1951 49
10. Catalog of Portraits
11. "good and faithful paintings": Charles Willson Peale's Philadelphia Museum Portraits 67
12. Table of Bibliographic Abbreviations 71
13. Contributors to Catalog 75
14. Catalog Entries Arranged Alphabetically by Sitter 77
15. Indexes
16. General Index 349
17. Subject Index 354
18. Artist Index 357
19. Source Index 359