Penn's Treaty with the Indians

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"Penn's Treaty with the Indians" is a famous 18th-century historical painting by Benjamin West depicting William Penn’s legendary peace treaty with the Lenape people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting
painting
basedOn legend of William Penn's treaty with the Lenape
commissionedBy Richard Penn
Thomas Penn
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Benjamin West
depicts Delaware River region
linked to: Delaware Valley

Lenape people
linked to: Lenape

Quakers
Shackamaxon
William Penn
elm tree
exchange of goods
gesture of agreement
peace treaty
depictsEthnicGroup European colonists
Lenape
depictsEvent William Penn's treaty with the Lenape at Shackamaxon
depictsTime late 17th century
describedAtURL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn%27s_Treaty_with_the_Indians
genre historical painting
hasPart group of Lenape leaders
group of Quaker settlers
landscape background
trading goods
inception 1771
influenced later depictions of Penn's treaty
languageOfWork none
location Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
locationOfFirstExhibition London
linked to: London, England
mainSubject peace between Quakers and Native Americans
materialUsed oil paint
movement Neoclassicism
Romanticism
notableWorkOf Benjamin West
partOf iconography of William Penn
significantPlace Philadelphia region
support canvas
use commemoration of colonial treaty
symbol of peaceful colonization

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Benjamin West knownFor Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Benjamin West notableWork Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Penn's Treaty with the Indians describedAtURL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn%27s_Treaty_with_the_Indians
linked to: Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Benjamin West notableWork Penn's Treaty with the Indians
subject linked to: Elizabeth Shewell