Biografie von Peter KEYSER (XIX)
Addresses: Philadelphia
Profession: Portrait painter
Comments: His lost portrait of Robert Street, painted c.1807, is known through an engraving by John Sartain. This may be the "Kayser" who exhibited "an old head" at the PAFA in 1819 and a small full-length portrait in 1847. Peter Keyser appears in Phila. directories throughout this period as a lumber merchant.
Sources: G&W; American Collector (June 1945), 6; Rutledge, PA; Phila. CD.