Charles Peale Polk Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Charles Peale Polk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Charles Peale Polk at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2 works by Charles Peale Polk
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Charles Peale Polk at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Portrait of David Wiley
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Charles Peale Polk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
The Huntington Library, California
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Charles Peale Polk in the Art Renewal Center
Charles Peale Polk at CGFA
Charles Peale Polk at The Athenaeum 
7 works online by Polk
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Maryland ArtSource
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
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