Penn's Treaty with the Indians
1771–1772 · Oil on canvas · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Benjamin West (1738–1820)
- Year
- 1771–1772
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 191.8 × 273.7 cm
- Collection
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
- Movement
- Neoclassicism
William Penn and a group of Quakers in broad black hats meet Lenape leaders beneath a great elm at Shackamaxon on the Delaware River, while a merchant kneels to unroll a bolt of cloth and families and new brick houses fill the scene. West, a Pennsylvanian working in London, painted it for Thomas Penn, William Penn's son, about ninety years after the treaty the picture imagines. Engraved and copied endlessly, it became the image of Pennsylvania's founding. It has been at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts since 1878.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A warm amber and green history painting for a study, library or entrance hall in a dark wood frame. It suits cream, olive or warm grey walls at 12×18 and pairs with West's Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Neoclassicism painting
- Era
- 18th century (1771–1772)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.





















