Lithograph

Title:

Thayendanegea, The Great Captain of the Six Nations

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1994.530

Creator:

Ames, Ezra (1768-1836)Artist; Bowen, John T. (1801-1856)Lithographer

Date:

1838

Description:

Colored lithograph. Portrait of Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant, 1743-1807), after 1806 painting by Ezra Ames. Bust-length portrait of a Native American man, facing left. Bald head topped with red paint and red and black feathers. Ornament on left ear. Dressed in printed fabric shirt, black neck cloth, green robe on left shoulder, beaded necklace, and decorative pink and green fabric wrapped around right arm and mid-section. Lithographed initials "RF" or "RT" at bottom right edge of image. Imprinted below image: "THAYENDANEGEA, / THE GREAT CAPTAIN OF THE SIX NATIONS / PUBLISHED BY F. W. GREENOUGH, PHILADA. / Drawn Printed & Coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 94 Walnut St. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F.W. Greenough in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-20 W-13.6 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection at NHHS library. Transferred to NHHS museum, 05/06/1994. From "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, published in 1836 by F. W. Greenough, Philadelphia.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Brant, Joseph (1743-1807)

Subjects:

French and Indian War, American Revolution, Native Americans, Brant, Joseph