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“William Penn's Treaty 
With the Indians" 
formed a favorite sub¬ 
ject for chintzes printed 
in the early l%th Cen¬ 
tury. The print has 
fine action and an his¬ 
toric real is )n that recom¬ 
mends 
A portrait of Raphael, 
a section of the “Alle¬ 
gory of the Arts,” a 
famous French chintz 
printed during the l^th 
Century. Raphael is re¬ 
ceiving with bland un¬ 
concern the encomiums 
of numerous admirers 
it for framing 
r- 
Courtesy of the Metropolitan 
Museum 
The printed chintz to 
the left is the famous 
Washington Allegory 
print, a generous speci¬ 
men of which fabric is 
in the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New 
York. The Father of 
his country is depicted 
surrounded by allegori¬ 
cal figures 
The Funeral of Nelson," an early 15th Cen¬ 
tury printed chintz. The repeat pattern is 
clearly shown. Nelson’s funeral car is here 
pictured. From the collection of the late Alex¬ 
ander W. Draue 
The Declaration of Didependence with portraits 
of Washington, Jefferson and Adams, and medal¬ 
lion seals of the thirteen states was printed on 
chintz kerchiefs. This is from the collection of 
Charles Allen Munn, Esq. 
The Washington kerchief below is 
an example of a IMh Cenfury 
printed neck kerchief ivith Stars 
and Stripes motif 
The “Lord Thomas and Fair 
Eleanor-” printed kerchief shows 
that gentleman, halting in his 
pursuit of the deer to look at 
the fair Eleanor who is not ob¬ 
livious to his attentions 
An English rural landscape 
printed chintz of the ISth Cen¬ 
tury. It is quite a busy little 
chintz. The more one looks at 
it the more he sees, for every 
niche of space is occupied 
