Painter:

Birch, Thomas 1779-1851  Search this

Subject:

Penn, William  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 47.1179

Date:

Ca. 1850

Notes:

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, "M and M Karolik Collection of American paintings, 1815 to 1865," Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949.

"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 22.

Summary:

Scene showing William Penn meeting a Native American male figure on the shore, a fallen deer shot with a arrow in the foreground. Along the shore a group of men wait in a rowboat, and further out to sea is a large sailing vessel.

Topic:

History--United States--Colonization  Search this

Landscape--Coast  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Rowboat  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this

Figure male--Full length  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Animal--Deer  Search this

Control number:

IAP 20490152

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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