ART - Benjamin West: :William Penn's Treaty with the Indians" - AMERICAN HISTORY:  Benjamin West, PRA (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. West died at his house in Newman Street, London, on March 11, 1820, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.  He had been offered a knighthood by the British Crown, but declined it, believing that he should instead be made a peer.  The Treaty of Penn with the Indians, sometimes known as Penn's Treaty with the Indians at Shackamaxon or more simply Penn's Treaty with the Indians, is an oil painting by Benjamin West, completed in 1771–72. The painting depicts William Penn entering into the Treaty of Shackamaxon in 1683 with Tamanend, a chief of the Lenape ("Delaware Indians") Turtle Clan, under the shade of an elm tree near the village of Shackamaxon (now Kensington) in Pennsylvania.  The peace between the Lenape Turtle Clan and Penn's successors would endure for over 70 years, until the Penn's Creek Massacre of 1755.  The painting was commissioned by Thomas Penn – William Penn's son – in 1770 or 1771 and completed in 1771–72.  This White Border Era (1915-30) is in good condition.