Object Details
Artist
Berczy, William
Scope and Contents
Forrest's letter stated that the original is 6 or 7 inches square and is inscribed on the back as follows: "Joseph Brant, Mohawk Chief, par Wm. Berczy, York or Toronto, 1842."
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Local Numbers
NAA INV.9386200
OPPS NEG.963 A 7
Local Note
Black and white copy film negative
Topic
Indians of North America -- Northeast
Artist
Berczy, William
Culture
Iroquois
Mohawk
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Biographical / Historical
This must be a posthumous portrait, since Brant died in 1807, but it appears to be a realistic likeness; compare the McKenney & Hall lithograph. A full length portrait by the same artist is in the National Gallery of Canada (oil on canvas, 24" x 18", Number 5777). The latter is reproduced in The American Heritage Book of Indians, New York, 1961, page 201.
Wm. Berczy is referred to as "an agent of the Robert Morris interests" in Deardorf and Snyderman, 1956, page 61, n. 63.
Extent
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Date
1842
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Genre/Form
Photographs
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Large EAD
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Record ID
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