The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris.
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William Penn's arrival in Pennsylvania is the subject here, rendered as a color halftone reproduction of an oil painting by J.L.G. Ferris, the artist known for his large history scenes. The print belongs to a series called The Pageant of a Nation, issued by The Foundation Press of Cleveland in the early 1930s, when reproductions of patriotic historical paintings were widely sold to schools and homes. Penn, the Quaker founder of the colony, first landed in the region in 1682 and set about laying out what became Philadelphia. Ferris's composition is a conjectural scene, since the artist's view of the landing rests on imagination as much as documentation.
| Created / published | Cleveland, Ohio : The Foundation Press, Inc., c1932 July 28. |
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| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Oil paintings Reproductions 1930-1940.Conjectural works 1930-1940.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | K17399 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of a Nation. No. 10. Copyright by The Foundation Press, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. |
| Subjects | Penn, William,--1644-1718--Journeys. Arrivals & departures--Pennsylvania--1680-1690. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,747 × 4,731 px · prints to 19 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225311 |
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