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Major John Norton, Teyoninhokarawen, the Mohawk Chief

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Date:

1805.

Reference:

Box number: MIN-070

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2836984

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Major John Norton, Teyoninhokarawen, the Mohawk Chief

Portrait of Major John Norton, Teyoninhokarawen, the Mohawk Chief
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1805.

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Place:

London:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Mary Ann Knight,

Extent:

1 painting : watercolour and gouache, with touches of varnish on ivory ; 9.2 x 7.3 cm (image, oval), 14.5 x 12.5 cm (framed, rectangle).
Support 9.200 x 7.300 cm

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Item is a miniature portrait of John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen), painted in London by Mary Ann Knight in 1805 when he was on a diplomatic journey for the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee) of the Grand River.
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Haudenosaunee

Six Nations

Artist: Knight, Mary Ann, 1776-1851

Depicted: Norton, John (Teyoninhokarawen), 1770-1827
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General note:

This portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1805.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available (recto in frame).

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: A Place in History - Twenty Years of Acquiring Paintings, Drawings and Prints. Curator: Jim Burant, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1990.10.30-1991.03.31, Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 9a. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26., Exhibition title: I Know You by Heart: Portrait Miniatures / Je vous connais par coeur : portraits en miniature. Curator: Johanna Mizgala. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; 2012.09.20 - 2012.12.31., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2013.03.22 -2013.06.02.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso on second backing paper: Teyoninhokarawen / Mohawk Chief / Major Norton / painted 1805 (partial)

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C-123832 : recto support
C-123841 : recto in frame
Subject heading:

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Portraits

Miniature
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1984-119 PIC
00001
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1984-119]

[Consultation 90 Open]

MIN-070 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1984-119]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-123832 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-123841 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-119-1
Copyright: Expired

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