1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
William Penn's History is a 1850 ink by American 19th Century, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows William Penn standing by an oak tree with a group nearby. His face is calm and serious. The background has rolling hills and a clear sky. It’s one of the first colored prints made from a drawing. Few survive today. The colors were added by hand after printing. Want to see how this method worked? Look up lithography.
This artist painted everyday American life in the 1800s. Look at *Farmhouse in Mahantango Valley*—a quiet, sunlit scene of rural Pennsylvania. *Boy and Girl* shows two children standing close, their faces turned toward…
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