$3,510
Edward Hicks, after (American, 1780-1849) , oil on poplar panel Peaceable Kingdom with William Penn making peace with the Indians in the background and a typical scene of a child with wild animals in the foreground, all within a yellow pinstripe border with green blocked corners and four inscriptions When the Great PENN his famous treaty made with Indian chiefs beneath the Elm-trees shade ; The wolf did with the lambkin dwell in peace, his grim carnivorous nature there did cease ; The leopard with the harmless kid laid down and not one savage beast was seen to frown ; and The lion with the fatling on did move a little child was leading them in love , 11" x 14 1/4". This scene appears to have been executed after Hicks painted an identical Peacable Kingdom which is now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Provenance: Pook & Pook, Inc., April, 1999.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2009-10-03
