...Medalion made in wax by Silvinius Bevan and the description given to me by my father of Wm. Penn's person. "The great object I had in forming that composition...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....

...Quakers' peaceful tactics in getting what they wanted. He wrote in his commentary on this painting, "The great object I had in forming that composition...benevolence, by not withholding from them what was their reight [sic], and giving to them what they were in want of, as well as a wish to give by that art a...

...drew a distinction between mere historical accuracy and artistic truth. As he explained to Darton: "The great object I had in forming that composition...into harmony and peace by justice and benevolence ... as well as a wish to give by that art a conquest made over native people without sword or dagger."...

...actions could become symbolic of the whole colonial enterprise, the one group civilizing the other. "The great object I had in forming that composition...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."29...