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Hicks was commissioned in the last year of his life to paint this work for the Cornell family. It shows the family's 2000 acre farm and hallmarks their prize winning stock. Hicks was a coach painter, a minister and a primitive painter who shared his Quaker beliefs in his artwork.

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Q: Why did Edward Hicks use oil painting?
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