Edward Hicks Edward Hicks Edward Hicks April 4 1780 August 23 1849 was an American folk painter and distinguished minister of the Society of Friends He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings ID: 362110
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The Peaceable Kingdom
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Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished minister of the Society of Friends. He became a Quaker icon because of his paintingsSlide3
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Why was it created?
Edward Hicks painted many versions of
The Peaceable Kingdom,
taking the theme from a passage from the Book of Isaiah, 11:6-8, which tells of all the animals gathering together in harmony. Hicks recast the Biblical text as a poem:
The wolf did with the lambkin dwell in peace
His grim carnivorous nature there did cease
The leopard with the harmless kid laid down
And not one savage beast was seen to frown.
The lion with the fatling on did move
A little child was leading them in love.