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"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians", cotton print
English
Late 18th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Cotton print
Dimensions
186 x 82.5 cm (73 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Choate
Accession Number59.583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular piece, made up of a loom width and four fragments. Copperplate engraving, printed in brown on tabby-woven cotton ground. Main scene shows Penn standing in the center of a group;white men at left, Indians at right. In background, brick and stone buildings and a harbor. In the foreground, two young men with chests at left, two Indian women seated at right. Cotton browned and rotted.; a number of holes; ragged edges. Blue threads in selvedges of largest piece.