Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation

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Object Details

Artist

Sanford Thayer, born Victory, NY 1820-died Syracuse, NY 1880

Sitter

Ossahinta

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Burhans Family, Onondaga County, Syracuse, New York

Date

1845

Object number

2019.42

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape

Occupation\other\chief

Portrait male\waist length

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b06a476e-a977-4c8a-a958-2ea6ae83b915

Record ID

saam_2019.42