Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations
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Accession number:
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31732
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Record number:
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31732
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JCB call number:
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En779 R766j
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Image title:
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Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations
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Creator 1:
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George Romney
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Creator 1 dates:
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1734-1802
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Creator 1 role:
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from an Original painting of
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image date:
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1779
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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mezzotint engraving
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Image dimension height:
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45.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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35.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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53 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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38.3 cm
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Portrait of Captain Joseph Brant or Thayendanegea, a Mohawk chief, holding a hatchet or tomahawk with feathered headdress, metal gorget and armbands.
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notes:
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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."
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1955.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America--Portraits
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