Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 41

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PRINTS.) Hall, John, engraver; after Benjamin West. William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he Founded the Province of Pensylvania. Hand-colored engraving, 18 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches; toned, small closed tear in upper right, laid down on paper and matted. London: John Boydell, 1775
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"One of the best-known prints of a Philadelphia scene"--Snyder, City of Independence, page 252. Thomas Penn, son of William, commissioned the painting and engraving to help bolster his family's reputation. Provenance: David Bendann's Fine Art Rooms, Baltimore.