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. . . .

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• ARTIST: George Lehman

• MEDIUM: Aquatint,

  DATE: 1829.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/2 x 18 1/8" (31.8 x 46.7 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Painted & engraved by Geo. Lehman but largely based on Thomas Birch's view of the same scene. The tree is the legendary sight of Penn's treaty with the Indians. Behind is a view of Philadelphia. In the title margin is an image of the marble monument erected by the Penn Society in 1827 to commemorate Penn's historic treaty. This is a early printing of the print, not to confused with the William Smith imprint, c. 1840, or the circa 1860 restrike.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition, save for mat line surrounding the plate mark. Tear in right margin, outside of plate mark. Printed in color and finished by hand.

• REFERENCE: Fowble, "Two Centuries of Prints in America" 258; Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Phila, 79..

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Pennsylvania - Philadelphia