COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
31732
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31732
Accession number
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Record number:
31732
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31732
Record number
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JCB call number:
En779 R766j
jcb_call_no
En779 R766j
JCB call number
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Image title:
Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations
image_title
Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations
Image title
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Creator 1:
George Romney
creator1
George Romney
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1734-1802
creator1_dates
1734-1802
Creator 1 dates
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Creator 1 role:
from an Original painting of
creator1_role
from an Original painting of
Creator 1 role
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Place image published:
[London]
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[London]
Place image published
false
Image date:
1779
image_date
1779
Image date
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Image function:
print
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print
Image function
false
Technique:
mezzotint engraving
technique
mezzotint engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
45.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
45.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
35.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
35.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
53 cm.
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53 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
38.3 cm
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38.3 cm
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
Portrait of Captain Joseph Brant or Thayendanegea, a Mohawk chief, holding a hatchet or tomahawk with feathered headdress, metal gorget and armbands.
description
Portrait of Captain Joseph Brant or Thayendanegea, a Mohawk chief, holding a hatchet or tomahawk with feathered headdress, metal gorget and armbands.
Description
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notes:
Romney painted this portrait in London when Brant visited the city with Sir William Johnson, the royal commissioner of Indian affairs in America. Lord George Germain had a box of prints of the painting made and gave them to Brant as a gift. Today the painting is in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. This print is described as a "scratch letter proof--1st State."
notes
Romney painted this portrait in London when Brant visited the city with Sir William Johnson, the royal commissioner of Indian affairs in America. Lord George Germain had a box of prints of the painting made and gave them to Brant as a gift. Today the painting is in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. This print is described as a "scratch letter proof--1st State."
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1955.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1955.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
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Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Portraits
subject_heads
Indians of North America--Portraits
Subject headings
false