The Peaceable Kingdom
Edward Hicks, American, 1780 - 1849
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1826Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 7/8 x 41 3/4 inches (83.5 x 106 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1956-59-1Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles C. Willis, 1956
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1826Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 7/8 x 41 3/4 inches (83.5 x 106 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 101, American Art, first floor
Accession Number:1956-59-1Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles C. Willis, 1956
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Edward Hicks supported himself as a sign painter and itinerant preacher, but usually made his easel pictures, including some sixty versions of The Peaceable Kingdom, as gifts for friends and family. This early example includes an orthodox Christian symbol of a child holding a grapevine, representing atonement. Hicks developed his imagery from Bibles used in the United States at the time and from the book of Isaiah, using the peacefulness of animals as a metaphor for the Quaker doctrine of human submission to the Christ Spirit.
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