An Image of PeaceDIANE Publishing Inc., 2007 - 44 من الصفحات This is the catalogue for the exhibition, ¿An Image of Peace: The Penn Treaty Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Meyer Potamkin,¿ which exemplifies the significance of Penn¿s beliefs. More importantly, the collection & exhibition celebrate the Potamkin¿s work over 30 years to preserve & share Penn¿s vision of peace with all citizens. Through the generous donation of their collection to The State Museum of PA, their legacy, along with that of William Penn, will be preserved for future generations. Includes: ¿Thoughts on an Image of Peace,¿ by Vivian O. Potamkin; ¿Images of the Lenape Indians in PA¿; ¿Images of William Penn: An Evolving Portrait of Pennsylvania¿s Founding Father¿; ¿An Image of Peace: Penn¿s Treaty with the Indians¿; Collectors of an Image of Peace¿. Illus. |
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... wrote to the Free Society of Traders in England during summer 1683 he provided one of the most romantic and often quoted descrip tions of the Lenape . Although a modern reader may take exception to Penn's choice of ethnic ...
... wrote to the Free Society of Traders in England during summer 1683 he provided one of the most romantic and often quoted descrip tions of the Lenape . Although a modern reader may take exception to Penn's choice of ethnic ...
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... wrote that " the great object I had in forming that compo- sition was to express savages brought into harmony and peace by justice and benevolence , by not withholding from them what was their right , and giving to them what they were ...
... wrote that " the great object I had in forming that compo- sition was to express savages brought into harmony and peace by justice and benevolence , by not withholding from them what was their right , and giving to them what they were ...
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... wrote of the Delaware that , " amongst this tribe there are some renowned chiefs , whose lives , if correctly written , would be matter of the most extraordinary kind for the reading world . " From the collection of Gilcrease Museum ...
... wrote of the Delaware that , " amongst this tribe there are some renowned chiefs , whose lives , if correctly written , would be matter of the most extraordinary kind for the reading world . " From the collection of Gilcrease Museum ...
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... wrote that the pact was an absolute fact , referring to it as " the only treaty between these nations and the Christians that was not ratified by oath , and was never infringed . " 14 West's monumental painting of the event gave visual ...
... wrote that the pact was an absolute fact , referring to it as " the only treaty between these nations and the Christians that was not ratified by oath , and was never infringed . " 14 West's monumental painting of the event gave visual ...
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... wrote on the eve of the project , " not a theoretical figure of a fine English gentleman , and West's portrait will allow me to do this . " 29 Calder apparently changed his mind after studying John Bacon's statue of William Penn that ...
... wrote on the eve of the project , " not a theoretical figure of a fine English gentleman , and West's portrait will allow me to do this . " 29 Calder apparently changed his mind after studying John Bacon's statue of William Penn that ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Alexander Milne Calder American Art appeared Benjamin West Calder's clothing colonial Commonwealth copies created Delaware Indians Edward Hicks England Europeans exhibition founded the Province founder Gallery gift Gustavus Hesselius Hall Harrisburg Harrison Historical and Museum Historical Society History and Biography Holy Experiment Ibid IMAGE OF PEACE inspired Kashatus land Lenape leader Lindeström Lithophanes live a kind London Magazine of History meeting between Native Meyer mural Museum Commission Museum of Pennsylvania Native Americans Ni-có-man North America Oakley's Peaceable Kingdom Penn and Native Penn family Penn Treaty Collection Penn's Treaty image Pennsylvania Academy Pennsylvania Heritage Pennsylvania Historical Pennsylvania Magazine Philadelphia Quakers Photo by Scott picture portraits Potamkin collection Proprietor Province of Pennsylvania public imagination Scott Kriner settlers Society of Friends Society of Pennsylvania statue of William Strawbridge and Clothier Symbols of Peace Thomas Penn Treaty Elm Treaty scene Violet Oakley Vivian wampum wampum belts William Penn William Penn's Treaty World
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الصفحة 3 - The natives I shall consider in their persons, language, manners, religion and government, with my sense of their original. For their persons, they are generally tall, straight, well-built, and of singular proportion; they tread strong and clever, and mostly walk with a lofty chin.
الصفحة 16 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
الصفحة 10 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
الصفحة 3 - The thick lip and flat nose so frequent with the East Indians and blacks are not common to them ; for I have seen as comely, European-like faces among them, of both sexes, as on your side of the sea: and truly an Italian complexion hath not much more of the white ; and the noses of several of them have as much of the Roman.
الصفحة 15 - I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward,
الصفحة 5 - The great object I had in forming that composition was to express savages brought into harmony and peace by justice and benevolence, by not withholding from them what was their right, and giving to them what they were in want of, as well as a wish to give by that art a conquest made over native people without sword or dagger.