Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)
- 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
- Object Name
- Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)
- Media/Materials
- Paper, graphite, colored pencil
- Techniques
- Drawn
- Dimensions
- 8 x 8.5 cm
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Place
- Fort Mellon; Sanford; Seminole County; Florida; USA (inferred)
- Date created
- 1837-1845
- 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.
- Catalog Number
- 26/2870
- Barcode
- 262870.000
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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