Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Elie Nadelman, until 1943;[1] (M. Knoedler and Co., New York); sold 1944 to Joseph Katz, New York; sold 1947 to (M. Knoedler and Co., New York); sold 1947 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland; bequest 1980 to NGA. [1] Sculptor Elie Nadelman began collecting art after his marriage in 1920 to the wealthy widow, Viola Flannery.

Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Hicks, Edward

c. 1840/1844

Accession Number

1980.62.11

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61.7 x 76.5 cm (24 5/16 x 30 1/8 in.) | framed: 67.6 x 82.9 x 5.1 cm (26 5/8 x 32 5/8 x 2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch