Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
1952.45
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Title
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Object name
Yardage
Date
ca. 1800
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 32 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. ( 83.5 x 69.8 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved 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.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.96
Gallery Label
This kerchief was engraved after the painting by Benjamin West, 1772.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
