Extended bust-length portrait with body turned slightly to the left, in front of a dark tan background. The subject has gray hair, dark gray eyes, and a clear complexion. He wears a black coat and white neckcloth. Unsigned and undated.

Rembrandt Peale painted this half-length portrait of William Tilghman in 1829, copying his own original 1819 portrait. Seated frontally, the sitter directs his gaze toward the viewer’s left in three-quarter profile. Tilghman wears a dark overcoat and a translucent white cravat tied in a loose bow at the neck. His somewhat rectangular face is rendered in fleshy detail, with a naturalistically figured double chin, sagging cheeks, and clear eyes. Tilghman is seated on a red leather chair with brass rivets in front of a plain background.

The sitter faces the viewer’s right in three-quarter view. He has a receding hairline with short, thin, graying hair and a prominent brow, and his right ear is visible. He is dressed in a dark overcoat and white cravat, positioned against a dark, somewhat modulated background.

Bust-length portrait with body turned to the right, in front of a gray-tan background. The subject has black hair and hazel eyes. He is wearing a black coat and stock and a white waistcoat and collar. Unsigned and undated.

Rembrandt Peale painted this half-length portrait of Robert Patterson in 1830, copying his own original 1812 portrait. Seated sideways on a chair, the subject directs his gaze toward the viewer’s left in three-quarter profile. Patterson wears a double-breasted cordovan-colored overcoat, a charcoal-colored vest, and a translucent, pleated white cravat and bow-tie. His fleshy face is rendered in detail, with naturalistically figured cheeks, jowls, eyes, and nose. The background fades from dark to light brown behind the sitter. The surface of the canvas is unusually regular; this consistency is likely the result of conservation efforts from 1937. While this portrait has been assessed as "oil-on-canvas," Peale may have used an encaustic (wax-based) medium when the APS requested the commission in 1830.