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The Great Elm Tree of Shackamaxon (now Kensington)
Artist
George Lehman
(American, c. 1800 - 1870)
Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection
Datec. 1830
MediumAquatint and etching with hand coloring; 1st of 2 states
DimensionsOverall Inches: 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 inches; Overall Centimeters: 41 x 53 cm
Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Object number86.633
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching and Aquatint
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Markingsbottom right corner: Collector's Mark, Circle Y in pencil; recto, bottom left corner: "Alo"; verso: "9419", "tci/25.00"
Inscribedbottom margin: The Great Elm Tree of Shackamaxon (Now Kensington) Under which William Penn concluded his Treaty with the Indians in 1682 it fell during a storm in 1810. This block of marble was placed by the Penn Society A. D. 1827 to mark the seite (sic) of the Elm Tree and Treaty Ground of William Penn & the Indian Natives in 1682 & bears the inscriptions. "Unbroken Faith" "By Deeds of Peace."; bottom right margin: Painted & Engraved by Geo. Lehman.
Exhibition HistoryPennsylvania Scenery: Early Landscape Prints from the Tavern Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, Virtual Exhibition, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/pa-scenery/page/introduction, January 31 - May 1, 2021; From Your Town to Ours: Pennsylvania Prints from the O'Connor-Yeager Collection Revisited, Palmer Museum of Art, June 4 - August 11, 2013; Making History, Palmer Museum of Art, June 17 - August 30, 1997; Pennsylvania Prints from the Collection of John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager, Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, January 13 – March 30, 1980.ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesDreppard, C. W., Early American Prints, The Century Co., 1930, p. 104.
Hansen, J.W., Pennsylvania prints from the Collection of John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager: lithographs, engravings, aquatints, and watercolors from the Tavern Restaurant, University Park: Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; distributed by Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980, cat. no. 10a.