Edward Hicks
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Edward Hicks was a 19th-century American folk painter and Quaker minister best known for his numerous depictions of "The Peaceable Kingdom."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Hicks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5430317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Hicks Context triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Edward Hicks]
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A.
William Sidney Mount
William Sidney Mount was a 19th-century American painter best known for his genre scenes depicting everyday rural life and social themes.
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B.
Alexander Catlin
Alexander Catlin was an American businessman best known as a founder of The Hartford, one of the United States’ oldest and most prominent insurance companies.
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C.
George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham was a 19th-century American painter best known for his iconic depictions of frontier life and river scenes along the Missouri River.
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D.
Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin was a self-taught African American painter known for his powerful depictions of African American life, history, and his experiences as a World War I veteran.
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E.
George Catlin
George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler best known for his extensive portraits and scenes of Native American life in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Hicks Target entity description: Edward Hicks was a 19th-century American folk painter and Quaker minister best known for his numerous depictions of "The Peaceable Kingdom."
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A.
William Sidney Mount
William Sidney Mount was a 19th-century American painter best known for his genre scenes depicting everyday rural life and social themes.
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B.
Alexander Catlin
Alexander Catlin was an American businessman best known as a founder of The Hartford, one of the United States’ oldest and most prominent insurance companies.
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C.
George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham was a 19th-century American painter best known for his iconic depictions of frontier life and river scenes along the Missouri River.
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D.
Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin was a self-taught African American painter known for his powerful depictions of African American life, history, and his experiences as a World War I veteran.
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E.
George Catlin
George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler best known for his extensive portraits and scenes of Native American life in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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Quaker minister ⓘ folk artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | mid 19th century ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 19th century ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
American rural life
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Quaker ideals of peace ⓘ biblical prophecy of peaceable kingdom ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Book of Isaiah (for "The Peaceable Kingdom")
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linked to:
Book of Isaiah
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| burialPlace | Newtown Friends Cemetery, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1780-04-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1849-08-23 ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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collections of the National Gallery of Art ⓘ collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hicks ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
folk painting
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religious art ⓘ |
| genre |
animal painting
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history painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
coach painter
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sign painter ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork | depictions of William Penn's treaty with Native Americans ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bible
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Quaker theology ⓘ |
| knownFor | numerous depictions of "The Peaceable Kingdom" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | folk art ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Peaceable Kingdom ⓘ |
| numberOfVersionsOf"The Peaceable Kingdom" | over 60 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Quaker minister
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folk painter ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Attleboro, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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linked to:
Newtown, Pennsylvania
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| religion |
Quakerism
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linked to:
Religious Society of Friends
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| style | naïve painting ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Newtown, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edward Hicks Description of subject: Edward Hicks was a 19th-century American folk painter and Quaker minister best known for his numerous depictions of "The Peaceable Kingdom."
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