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The first visit of William Penn to America - a conference with the colonists – Vintage Wall Art

The first visit of William Penn to America - a conference with the colonists, 1883 — antique engraving
The first visit of William Penn to America - a conference with the colonists, 1883. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Penn's first arrival in the colonies is the subject here, shown as a meeting between the Quaker proprietor and the settlers rather than a battle or a formal portrait. Howard Pyle, known for his historical illustrations, supplied the design, and the wood engraving appeared across two pages of *Harper's Weekly* in 1883. Penn reached the Delaware valley in 1682 to govern the land granted to him by Charles II, and the scene reflects the late-19th-century appetite for stories of colonial origins.

Created / published1883
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesWood engraving after Howard Pyle. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 27 (1883), p. 200-201. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Penn; U.S. Hist.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,200 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126664

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