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Water color, "Thayendanegea, a celebrated Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, 1776"
Water color, "Thayendanegea, a celebrated Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, 1776"
Object Number 2004.24.16670
Display Title Water color, "Thayendanegea, a celebrated Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, 1776"
Descriptions
Object Description Water color, "Thayendanegea, a celebrated Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, 1776" attributed to Benjamin West. Eastern Woodlands.
Keywords
  • Drawing and Graphics
  • Studio
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Man
  • Chief
  • Watercolor
Department Photographic
Artist David I. Bushnell, Jr.
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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