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Bayou Bend Collection
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Penn’s Treaty with the Indians
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Edward Hicks
Penn’s Treaty with the Indians
1830-40
Oil on canvas
B.77.46
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According to legend, in 1682 the Quaker reformer William Penn met with Native Americans at Shackamaxon in Delaware to exchange gifts for land. Although history shows that Penn did meet with the Lenape Indians, no actual treaty exists. For the Quakers, however, the meeting fulfilled the biblical prophecy of a peaceable kingdom on earth. The theme inspired more than a hundred paintings by the Quaker preacher Edward Hicks, who also worked as a sign and coach painter. Using a seemingly unsophisticated style, Hicks concentrated on images that conveyed his Quaker beliefs.
The Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Alice C. Simkins in memory of Alice Nicholson Hanszen
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