Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Title
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Object name
Yardage
Date
ca. 1800
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 33 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. ( 85.1 x 72.4 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved yardage depicting "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" after the Benjamin West painting of the same name; Penn brings gifts to the Native Americans under an oak tree with a woman nursing a child in the foreground; printed in red ink on a white ground.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.515
Gallery Label
This kerchief was engraved after the Benjamin West painting of 1772. It was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.