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Title

John Petre collection [graphic material]. 

Collection consists of

4 lower level description(s)

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Accession

John Petre collection [graphic material]

Bilingual equivalent

Collection John Petre [document iconographique]

Date(s)

1710

Place of creation

England

Extent

4 paintings : oil on canvas ; 91.5 x 64.5 cm (support).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Collection consists of four portraits by Dutch artist (working in England) John Verelst. Commissioned by Queen Anne, they depict four Haudenosaunee delegates, who travelled to London as ambassadors of the Five Nations Confederacy. They are: Tejonihokarawa (baptized Hendrick), named Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row, Emperor of the Six Nations; Onigoheriago (baptized John), named Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarich; Sagayenkwaraton (baptized Brant), named Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas (Mohawk) and Etowaucum (baptized Nicholas), named Etow Oh Koam, King of the River Nation.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
90: Open
Protective supervision is required durin
g consultation.
Archival reference no.
R14182-0-0-E
Other accession no.
1977-035 PIC

Terms of use

Copyright expired.

Finding aid

Item-level descriptions in MINISIS-ICON database. 1977-35 (Electronic)

Creator / Provenance

Private collection.

Additional name(s)

Artist: Verelst, John, 1648-1734.

Additional information

For more information, consult: John G. Garratt The Four Indian Kings = Les quatres rois indiens (Public Archives of Canada, 1982).

Custodial history
Commissioned for the court of Queen Anne, the paintings appear to have passed from the Royal Collection into the Petre family of Kent sometime in the 1830s, and thence continued by family descent to the vendor.

Source

Private

Related control no.

1977-035 PIC

MIKAN no.

180704