STUDY FOR "PENN'S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS"
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Study for "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"

Benjamin West (Benjamin West, American, 1738 - 1820)

1771–1772

Medium
Graphite, pen and ink on cream laid paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
13.5 × 20.5 cm (5 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Given by Mr. Leverton Harris, M. P.
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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About this work

Sketch of William Penn, with arms extended, surrounded by a group of Quakers, Indians, and merchants.