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Toile fragment

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1785

GUSN

GUSN-9233

Description

Rectangular piece of copperplate print image of red on off white ground. Scene of William Penn's treaty with Indigenous Peoples based on Benjamin West's painting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

toile (textile material)
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
hand weaving
toile (textile material)
Cloth Fragment

Associated Person

Penn, William

Maker

West, Benjamin (Painter)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

26 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Harold G. Rugg

Accession Number

1957.135

Reference Notes

Montgomery, F.. Printed Textiles. [No Publisher].

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