Vintage 1958 Edward Hicks “Peaceable Kingdom” Art Print
GOLDEN RULE GALLERY VINTAGE ARTEdward Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom, 1848.
Print from a 1958 Metropolitan Seminars in Art volume
12.5" x 9.5” unframed
Although it is not considered a religious image, Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom exemplifies Quaker ideals. Hicks painted 62 versions of this composition. The animals and children are taken from Isaiah 11:6–8 (also echoed in Isaiah 65:25), including the lion eating straw with the ox.