# The Landing of Columbus, in Edward Hicks

Edward Hicks painted this in about 1837, aged 57. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Columbus and his companions, in plumed helmets and bright red, blue and gold, row towards a palm-fringed shore, one man standing in the prow with a white banner, while their ships wait offshore and the island’s inhabitants watch from the hillside and trees.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1837
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 45 x 60 cm (17 11/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980.62.13
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edward Hicks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edward-hicks), American, 1780–1849

Hicks was a Quaker minister in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who earned his living as a coach and sign painter.

5 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Edward Hicks's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edward-hicks?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Antebellum America](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/antebellum-america?hang=749) (33 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=749) (198 works)

## Get it

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