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Book Benjamin West s Painting of Penn s Treaty with the Indians

Download or read book Benjamin West s Painting of Penn s Treaty with the Indians written by Ellen Starr Brinton and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Picturing Imperial Power

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  • Author : Beth Fowkes Tobin
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780822323389
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Picturing Imperial Power written by Beth Fowkes Tobin and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary study of visual representations of British colonial power in the eighteenth century.

Book History of the Portrait Collection  Independence National Historical Park

Download or read book History of the Portrait Collection Independence National Historical Park written by Doris Devine Fanelli and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a history and catalog of the portraits by Charles Willson Peale, who painted heroes of the American revolution, founders of American government, statesmen, jurists, men of science, and individuals who contributed art and letters. The three chapters by Fanelli (Cultural Resources Management, Independence National Historical Park) discuss the collection from its inception through the period in which the shrine that housed it became a museum. Each of the 250 entries (mostly b&w, with a few in color) in the catalog includes a brief biography of the subject, a physical description of the painting, the circumstances under which it was created, and its provenance. They are arranged alphabetically by sitter. Edited by Karie Diethorn, chief curator, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book An Image of Peace

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 60 pages

Download or read book An Image of Peace written by and published by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. This book was released on 1996 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Symbols of Peace

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  • Author : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book Symbols of Peace written by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nation to Nation

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  • Author : Suzan Shown Harjo
  • Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
  • Release : 2014-09-30
  • ISBN : 1588344797
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Nation to Nation written by Suzan Shown Harjo and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indians explores the promises, diplomacy, and betrayals involved in treaties and treaty making between the United States government and Native Nations. One side sought to own the riches of North America and the other struggled to hold on to traditional homelands and ways of life. The book reveals how the ideas of honor, fair dealings, good faith, rule of law, and peaceful relations between nations have been tested and challenged in historical and modern times. The book consistently demonstrates how and why centuries-old treaties remain living, relevant documents for both Natives and non-Natives in the 21st century.

Book Picturing History

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  • Author : Barbara J. Mitnick
  • Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Picturing History written by Barbara J. Mitnick and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book accompanies the exhibition organized by Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York City.

Book Young America

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  • Author : Claire Perry
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2006-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780300106206
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Young America written by Claire Perry and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful look at how nineteenth-century American artists portrayed children and childhood

Book Into The American Woods

Download or read book Into The American Woods written by James H Merrell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-01-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bloodshed and hatred of frontier conflict at once made go-betweens obsolete and taught the harsh lesson of the woods: the final incompatibility of colonial and native dreams about the continent they shared. Long erased from history, the go-betweens of early America are recovered here in vivid detail.

Book Ghost River

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  • Author : Francis 4
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-12
  • ISBN : 9780990694793
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Ghost River written by Francis 4 and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pennsylvania s Revolution

Download or read book Pennsylvania s Revolution written by William Pencak and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.

Book Lenape Country

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  • Author : Jean R. Soderlund
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 0812246470
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Lenape Country written by Jean R. Soderlund and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1631, when the Dutch tried to develop plantation agriculture in the Delaware Valley, the Lenape Indians destroyed the colony of Swanendael and killed its residents. The Natives and Dutch quickly negotiated peace, avoiding an extended war through diplomacy and trade. The Lenapes preserved their political sovereignty for the next fifty years as Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English colonists settled the Delaware Valley. The European outposts did not approach the size and strength of those in Virginia, New England, and New Netherland. Even after thousands of Quakers arrived in West New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the late 1670s and '80s, the region successfully avoided war for another seventy-five years. Lenape Country is a sweeping narrative history of the multiethnic society of the Delaware Valley in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After Swanendael, the Natives, Swedes, and Finns avoided war by focusing on trade and forging strategic alliances in such events as the Dutch conquest, the Mercurius affair, the Long Swede conspiracy, and English attempts to seize land. Drawing on a wide range of sources, author Jean R. Soderlund demonstrates that the hallmarks of Delaware Valley society—commitment to personal freedom, religious liberty, peaceful resolution of conflict, and opposition to hierarchical government—began in the Delaware Valley not with Quaker ideals or the leadership of William Penn but with the Lenape Indians, whose culture played a key role in shaping Delaware Valley society. The first comprehensive account of the Lenape Indians and their encounters with European settlers before Pennsylvania's founding, Lenape Country places Native culture at the center of this part of North America.

Book The Shakespeare Gallery

Download or read book The Shakespeare Gallery written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn

Download or read book Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn written by Thomas Clarkson and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Penn Treaty Park

Download or read book The History of Penn Treaty Park written by Kenneth W. Milano and published by Landmarks. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1682, on the banks of the Delaware River, William Penn and a group of Indian chiefs met beneath the shade of a large elm tree. The resulting Treaty of Amity and Friendship paved the way for the founding of the Pennsylvania colony and became a universal symbol of religious and civil liberty. Despite its protection by sentinels during the American Revolution, the great elm was finally uprooted in an 1810 storm, making national headlines. In honor of Penn's inspirational diplomacy, Kenneth W. Milano explores the frenzy of artists and historians interest in this historical landmark and chronicles the Penn Society's efforts to commemorate the place of Penn's Treaty and the public-spirited citizens of Kensington's success in memorializing the site through the construction of Penn Treaty Park.

Book An Image of Peace

Download or read book An Image of Peace written by Michael S. Showalter and published by DIANE Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book A Greene Country Towne

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  • Author : Alan C. Braddock
  • Publisher : Penn State Press
  • Release : 2016-12-12
  • ISBN : 0271078928
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book A Greene Country Towne written by Alan C. Braddock and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unconventional history of Philadelphia that operates at the threshold of cultural and environmental studies, A Greene Country Towne expands the meaning of community beyond people to encompass nonhuman beings, things, and forces. By examining a diverse range of cultural acts and material objects created in Philadelphia—from Native American artifacts, early stoves, and literary works to public parks, photographs, and paintings—through the lens of new materialism, the essays in A Greene Country Towne ask us to consider an urban environmental history in which humans are not the only protagonists. This collection reimagines the city as a system of constantly evolving constituents and agencies that have interacted over time, a system powerfully captured by Philadelphia artists, writers, architects, and planners since the seventeenth century. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Maria Farland, Nate Gabriel, Andrea L. M. Hansen, Scott Hicks, Michael Dean Mackintosh, Amy E. Menzer, Stephen Nepa, John Ott, Sue Ann Prince, and Mary I. Unger.