Museum Object Number1961.0501 A |
Painting
The Peaceable Kingdom
Paintings
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Edward Hicks (Artist)
04/04/1780
08/23/1849
Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1830-1832
Quaker; Religious imagery
Oil paint; FABRIC
Painted
17.625 (H) , 23.625 (W)
44.767 (H) , 60.008 (W)
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Text available soon.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 60, pp. 116-8.
[Book] Vlach, John Michael. 1988 Plain Painters: Making Sense of American Folk Art.
• Published on p. 132.
[Book] Lipman, Jean & Armstrong, Tom. 1980 American Folk Painters of Three Centuries.
• For information on the artist's life and work, see pp. 88-97.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p.107, cat. no. 12.