Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Object Number:
1941.96
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. ( 83.5 x 69.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton yardage depicting "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" after the Benjamin West painting of the same name; Penn bring gifts to the Indians under an oak tree with a woman nursing a child in the foreground; printed in red ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was engraved after the painting by Benjamin West, 1772.
Bibliography:
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
