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Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)

National Museum of the American Indian

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Object Details

Culture/People
Non-Indian
Artist/Maker
Captain John R. Vinton (J.R. Vinton/John Rogers Vinton), Non-Indian, 1801-1847
Subject
Osceola, Seminole, ca. 1803-1838
Possible owner
Brigadier General Joseph M. Hernandez, Non-Indian, 1792-1857
Colonel Brantz Mayer, Non-Indian, 1809-1879
Previous owner
Charles Mayer Van Kleeck, Non-Indian, 1870-1951
Mary Van Kleeck (Mary Abby Van Kleeck), Non-Indian, 1883-1972
Donor
Mary Van Kleeck (Mary Abby Van Kleeck), Non-Indian, 1883-1972
Collection History
Drawn from life in 1837 following Osceola's capture or copied by the artist between 1837 and 1845 and based on his 1837 portrait; attested to and possibly owned by Brigadier General Joseph M. Hernandez (1792-1857, U.S. Army, whose signature appears at the bottom); acquired by Colonel Brantz Mayer (1809-1879, a Baltimore, Maryland, lawyer and author) at an unknown date; transferred to his great-nephew Charles Mayer Van Kleeck (1870-1951) at an unknown date; inherited by Charles Van Kleeck's sister Mary Van Kleeck (1883-1972); donated to MAI by Miss Van Kleeck in 1951.
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Date created
1837-1845
Catalog Number
26/2870
Barcode
262870.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Object Name
Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)
Media/Materials
Paper, graphite, colored pencil
Techniques
Drawn
Dimensions
8 x 8.5 cm
Place
Fort Mellon; Sanford; Seminole County; Florida; USA (inferred)
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Non-Indian
Painting/Drawing/Print
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_278991
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63ee433cd-3812-4e08-8a67-e877fd27c918
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