Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Edward Hicks · c. 1840/1844

Edward Hicks: American, 1780 - 1849

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c. 1840/1844

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Held at: National Gallery of Art
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.)
Collection no.: 1980.62.11
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details

Edward Hicks. Penn's Treaty with the Indians. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

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Penn's Treaty with the Indians — Edward Hicks. c. 1840/1844.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): 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.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1980.62.11. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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