Peaceable Kingdom Art Print - Edward Hick Size:18″×24″ Because of that quality

Because of that quality

as well as its chill nocturnal setting and subtle asymmetry of composition

I am [interested] in the idea of painting a good portrait of [him]

Connecticut 1816–1872 New York)

" The great Metropolitan Museum benefactor Catharine Lorillard Wolfe purchased this one at his Newport studio in 1877

Peaceable Kingdom Art Print - Edward Hick Size:18″×24″ Because of that qualityAbout the Art: The Quaker minister and painter Edward Hicks is best known for his Peaceable Kingdom pictures, of which sixty two exist. The paintings represent a messianic prophecy in the book of Isaiah (11: 6): The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. During the 1820s, a severe rift formed within the Society of