The Great Elm Tree of Shackamaxon (Now Kensington)

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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

MediumLithograph and engraving

DimensionsOverall Inches: 16 x 19 13/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: 40.6 x 49.2 cm

Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager

Object number86.634

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ClassificationsWork on Paper

Object NameLithograph and Engraving

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Nineteenth

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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: Painted & Engraved by Geo. Lehman.; bottom right: collector's mark circle Y

Exhibition HistoryPennsylvania 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 ReferencesGroce & Wallace, The New York Historical Society Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860, Yale, 1979, p. 391. 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. 10.