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aFor more information concerning this work see The Four Indian Kings John G. Garratt, The Four Indian Kings (Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1985), Painted Past (Ottawa; Painted Past (Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1984), pp. 59-62, cat nos. 32-35; and Facing History (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1993), p. 6, cat. no. 6.

Custodial history

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

Accompanying material note

aJuly 1977 - the work is in an 18th century period frame.

Availability of other formats note

Colour transparency available
aDigitization project: Treasured Memories.

Exhibitions note

Exhibition title: The Four Indian Kings. Curators: Martha E. Cooke, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1977.10.16 - 1977.11.20.
Exhibition title: People of the Great Peace. Curators: Albany Institute of Art and History, Albany, New York; 1981.10.30 - 1982.04.23.
Exhibition title: The Convenant Chain- Indian Ceremonial and Trade Silver and the Four Indian Kings. Curators: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1982.10.25 - 1983.03.20.
Exhibition title: The Painted Past / La Passé au Peinture. Curators: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1984.10.02 - 1984.10.31. Further venue: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia;1987.04.10 - 1987.06.07.
Further venue: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1987.07.08 - 1988.01.03.
Further venue: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1989.06.01 - 1989.07.11.
Exhibition title: Facing History : portraits from the National Archives of Canada / Face à Face : portraits des Archives des nationales du Canada. Curators: Lydia Foy, Sylvie Gervais, Peter Robertson, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: cat. no. 6. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1993.05.27-1993.09.06.
Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories: 125th Anniversary of the National Archives. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1997.05.14-1998.01.
Exhibition title: Body Art: Marks of Identity. Curators: American Museum of Natural History, New Yok, New York, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; 1999.11.16 - 2000.5.29.
Exhibition Title: One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure. Curator: Ineke H. Tirion-Beijerink, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1995.10.01-1996.01.07.
Exhibition title: Between Worlds : Voyagers to Britain 1700-1850. Curators: The National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom; 2007.03.08 - 2007.06.17
Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 2. Curator: Martin Tétrault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.02-1998.09.
Exhibition title: Four Indian Kings. Curators : Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; 2008.09.12 - 2009.01.25
Exhibition title: The "Four Indian Kings" : War and Diplomacy in 1710. Curator : Stéphane Roy, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Canadian Museum of Civilization 2010.06.10 - 2010.09.06.
Exhibition title: Crossing Paths: The "Four Indian Kings" and the work of Jeff Thomas and Shelley Niro. Curators : Stéphane Roy and Carolyn Cook, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario 2010.10.08 - 2010.12.24.
Exhibition title: Rising to the Occasion: The Long 18th Century. Curators: Ihor Holubizky, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario; 2011.09.02 - 2011.11.05.

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: Inscribed recto: in brushpoint l.l. "Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow. / King of the Maquas - 1710".

Conservation

aJuly 1977 - the painting received treatment in P.A.C. conservation section.