Monday, October 06, 2008
PA Academy of the Fine Arts: The Treaty of Paris
On September 27, 2008, we saw the new month-long exhibit "225th Anniversary of the Treaty of Paris - Peace, Liberty, and Independence," which ended the American Revolution, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA.
It is an unique exhibit bringing together material from the time the Treaty of Paris. Besides the portraits of King George III and George Washington, you will find cases filled with American and British muskets, swords, bayonets, and powder horns.
Two galleries display paintings, prints (including the cartoon, entitled "Bostonians in Distress"), banners, watercolors, maps and documents. Also, you will see William Rush sculpture and Charles Wilson Peale's portrait of Lafayette.
Furthermore, you will see Benjamin West's beautiful unfinished painting of the preliminary Treaty of Paris.
We highly recommend it.
::Shelley
It is an unique exhibit bringing together material from the time the Treaty of Paris. Besides the portraits of King George III and George Washington, you will find cases filled with American and British muskets, swords, bayonets, and powder horns.
Two galleries display paintings, prints (including the cartoon, entitled "Bostonians in Distress"), banners, watercolors, maps and documents. Also, you will see William Rush sculpture and Charles Wilson Peale's portrait of Lafayette.
Furthermore, you will see Benjamin West's beautiful unfinished painting of the preliminary Treaty of Paris.
We highly recommend it.
::Shelley
Labels: PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Treaty of Paris
