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Title

Guillaume Penn achetant la terre des Sauvages.

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

[ca. 1837-1839]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher

Firmin Didot Frères

Extent

1 print : etching

Language of material

French

Scope and content

Image depicts an encounter between a group of settlers, led by Guillaume (William) Penn, and a group of Native Americans in an outdoor setting, at Pennsylvania, 1681. The two groups of men engage in dialogue at the centre of the scene, with a man kneeling in the middle. On the left is a seated Native American woman breastfeeding. After an original painting by Pennsylvania-born artist Benjamin West commissioned in 1771 by Thomas Penn. This plate was part of a publication by Roux de Rochelle, who served as French Minister to the United States. His work "Etats-Unis d'Amérique" is a well-known piece of Americana and includes plates depicting a variety of subjects, including Native Americans and early American settlers.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Volume
41 Item no. assigned by LAC 354

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13133-368-9-E

Terms of use

Additional name(s)

Copyist (art): Vernier, active early 19th century.
Artist: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820,
Engraver: Montaut, Henri de, born ca. 1825, died 1890 or 1897.
Depicted: Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Publisher: Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Additional information

publication: in Roux de Rochelle's "Etats-Unis d'Amérique" (Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Editeurs), part of the series "L'Univers; Histoire et description de tous les peuples", first published in 1837.

Item is of unknown provenance, acquired sometime before the initial cataloguing date of 4/3/32 (written on the verso).

Related materials

For related Vernier "Etats-Unis" prints, see acc. no.'s 1973-18-254 and R13133-353. For another print after this image by West, see acc. no. R13133-255.

Original version note

Original painting by Benjamin West in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Signatures and inscriptions

Recto, u.c.: ÉTATS-UNIS. ; u.r.: 22 ; l.l.: Vernier del. ; l.c.: Guillaume Penn achetant la terre des Sauvages. ; l.r.: Montaut sc. Verso, manuscript pencil, u.l.: Roux d. Rochelle ; l.r.: 4/3/32

Attributions and conjectures

After the artist Benjamin West.

Subject heading

1. SUBJ - NATIVES, CULTURE - EVENTS, TREATIES.
2. SUBJ - NATIVES, NON-CANADIAN - U.S. - 1681.
3. GEOG - U.S., PA., GENERAL.
4. Colonization.
5. Penn, William,

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3986071