Collection of Edward Hicks papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-056
Abstract
This collection is composed of miscellaneous papers concerning Edward Hicks. Included are a draft of the first pages of his memoirs, later published, and contura prints of letters and sermons of Hicks, relating to the Hicksite Separation, abolition, and Quaker spirituality. Also included are a typescript copy of Samuel Johnson's letter to Edward Hicks on slavery, the original of Hicks' responses, and a letter from Isaac Parry to Benjamin Ferris after the death of Edward Hicks, concerning the publication of his memoirs.
Dates
- 1836-1849
Creator
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Hicks was an American primitive artist and also a Quaker minister. Born in 1780, Hicks grew up on a farm in Bucks County. Hicks is best known for his "Peaceable Kingdom" of which he painted sixty versions. A relative of Elias Hicks, Edward Hicks was a Hicksite and an abolitionist. He died in 1849.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (.1 linear feet (10 folders.))
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward Barnsley. 1952.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Alice Ford. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1961 and 1980.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Exeter Monthly Meeting papers. Method of acquisition--Transferred from.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Mary Black. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1961.
Location of Originals Note
Contoura prints from the Edward Hicks papers belonging to Stanley Lee.
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--In part contoura prints.
Creator
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 (Person)
- Johnson, Samuel, 1763-1843? (Contributor, Person)
- Parry, Isaac, 1774-1857 (Contributor, Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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