(American, 1800-1869) Portrait of a Woman in a Turban, 1848, signed and dated lower right "H.C. Peale/ 1848",  oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 33-1/4 x 29-1/4 in.  Notes: The artist Harriet Cany married into the illustrious Peale family in 1840 when she became Rembrandt Peale's second wife.  A similar painting by Harriet Cany Peale, Ideal Portrait, showing a similar visage in the same turban, painted during the same period, is in the permanent collection of the Boston College Art Museum,, B.C. ID 1993.3 wax and linen lined, minor areas of re-touch, crackle, minimal wear at edges under frame