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William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, 1682 by Benjamin West
William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, 1682, by Benjamin West depicts the founder of Pennsylvania meeting the Lenape people beneath the trees at Shackamaxon, exchanging a bolt of cloth as a gesture of peace and mutual trust. This 19th-century engraving reproduces the composition of Benjamin West (1738–1820), the American-born history painter who later became president of Britain's Royal Academy and is remembered for grand historical scenes rendered with Neoclassical clarity.
Artist: Benjamin West (1738–1820). Date: 1771–72 (original composition).
William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, 1682. Historic Colonial American Engraving Canvas Print.
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