Painting

Title:

Soo-Nong-Gise or Tom Jemmy

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1996.511.02

Creator:

Russell, Moses B. (1809-1884)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1841

Description:

Painting, miniature, of Soo-Nong-Gise or Tom Jemmy (Seneca; b. c. 1771), by Moses B. Russell (1809-1884), 1841. Watercolor on ivory. Full-length standing portrait of a man, facing viewer. He is wearing a red head covering with red, white, and black feathers, along with American flag, stuck into blue headband, gold drop earrings, long blue patterned tunic, rawhide trousers and long coat, red sash across chest, knife with scabbard and tomahawk in belt around waist, moccasins. Holding a large bow with sitter's left hand and two arrows with his right. Purple and blue hatched background, brown modeled ground. Signed, lower left, "M. B Russell Pinxt. / Dec. 31, 1841." Unframed.

Material:

Skeletal
Ivory

Dimensions:

H-5.25 W-4 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Drake, Samuel G. (1798-1875), Jemmy, Tom, Russell, Moses B., Soo-Nong-Gise

Subjects:

Soo-Nong-Gise, Russell, Moses B., Drake, Samuel G., Seneca, Jemmy, Tom, Boston Museum, Portrait miniatures, Miniatures (Paintings), Native Americans