The Treaty in Shackamaxon & Its Representations in British & American Art Tamanend, Penn, and the Politics of Memory
The Treaty in Shackamaxon & Its Representations in British & American Art
Nov 17, 2014
"The Treaty in Shackamaxon & Its Representations in British & American Art" introduces students to visual representations of William Penn the so-called "Treaty with the Indians." It asks students to examine the ideological function that successive versions of the treaty served in both European and American contexts.
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The Treaty in Shackamaxon & Its Representations in
British & American Art
Tamanend, Penn, and the Politics of Memory
Map of Lenape languages and tribes. Map terms translated from German original into English. .22 July 2013, 10:42:17.Sourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Delaware01.png. Authorhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nikater
Thomas Holme. A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pensilvania in America, Divided Into Countyes, Townships and Lotts (1687)
Thomas Holme. A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pensilvania in America, Divided Into Countyes, Townships and Lotts (1687)
Thomas Holme. A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pensilvania in America, Divided Into Countyes, Townships and Lotts (1687)
Benjamin West. Penn's Treaty with the Indians. 1771-72. Oil on canvas. 191.8 x 273.7 cm. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection). 1878.1.10
Benjamin West. Penn's Treaty with the Indians. 1771-72. Oil on canvas. 191.8 x 273.7 cm. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection). 1878.1.10
G. Gallina and Giuseppe Erba Odescalchi after Benjamin West. William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Il costume antico e moderno, vol. 1, following p. 362 (Milan, 1820). etching, aquatint, a coloring. 15.6 cm. x 22.1 cm.
Penn Society Obelisk. 1827. Inscription: TREATY GROUND/of/WILLIAM PENN/and the/INDIAN NATIVES/1682/UNBROKEN FAITH
Nicholas Gevelot. William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, Capitol Rotunda, above
north door. 1827. Sandstone. Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom. ca. 1834. oil on canvas. 74.5 x 90.1 cm. National Gallery of Art. Gift of Edgar Williams and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. 1980.62.15
Edward Hicks (1780–1849). Penn's Treaty with the Indians. c. 1830-1840. oil on canvas 447.802 mm x 600.202 mm. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. B.77.46.
Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880). William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians from the Frieze of American History (https://www.flickr.com/photos/uscapitol/sets/72157627760453359). US Capitol. Credit: Architect of the Capitol.
Plate. Staffordshire, England. Imported by Rowland & Marcellus Company between 1893-1937.
A.C. Michael. William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians. In Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States (New York: George H. Doran, 1917), opp. 268
Hess-Bright Ball Bearings Advertisement (1918)
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