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Exhibition poster

Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Benjamin West

1771–1772 · Oil on canvas · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Size2:3 ratio
Frame
$59Unframed print · made to order

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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
• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
Shipping & returns
Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →
Is this the whole painting, or a crop?
The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.
Is Penn's Treaty with the Indians in the public domain?
Yes. Benjamin West (1738–1820) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
What is it printed on?
Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.
When was Penn's Treaty with the Indians painted, and in what medium?
Penn's Treaty with the Indians dates from 1771–1772 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 191.8 × 273.7 cm.
What size works above a sofa or bed?
Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Penn's Treaty with the Indians we'd choose 12×18.
About this design
A museum-exhibition poster of Benjamin West's Penn's Treaty with the Indians — 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 — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. History Painting and The New World, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.
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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.
Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.
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