Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Broad & Cherry Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1878.1.10
Date:
1771
Notes:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1974.
Evans, Dorinda, "Benjamin West and his American students," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 86.
"Survey of American Paintings," Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1940, no. 82.
Perry, Claire, "Young America: Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006, pg. 148.
Image on file.
"Symbols of peace : William Penn's treaty with the Indians : an exhibition," Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1976, cover.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 86.
"Survey of American Paintings," Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1940, pl. 12.
Perry, Claire, "Young America: Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006, pg. 148.
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Summary:
The scene depicts William Penn standing amid a group of his fellow statesmen and Native Americans, while two colonists exhibit goods such as bolts of fabric to the interested Native Americans. In the background is a fort built along the coast.
