The Philadelphia Museum of Art recently opened a new, large exhibit in its Early American Galleries in a space designed by the architect Frank Gehry. Charles Willson Peale's portrait of Yarrow is on prominent display. https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/new-early-american-galleries. I even convinced the museum to say in the label for the painting that his name was probably Mamadou Yarrow. Yarrow's importance to the museum and Peale is demonstrated by how the portrait is arranged. It is the first thing the visitor sees entering the Peale exhibits. In the center is Peale's famous "Staircase" painting, a trompe l'oeil of Peale's sons on a staircase. Peale had it in his house, and it fooled George Washington who, according to Peale's diary, did a double-take when he walked past it. On the right is a self-portrait of the artist himself.
Recognition has come late to Yarrow, but it is deserved.
