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Habit of a Delaware Indian with his Tomohawk Scalping Knife

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Date:

[1757-1772].

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4118591

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Habit of a Delaware Indian with his Tomohawk Scalping Knife
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Date(s):

[1757-1772].

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

Thomas Jefferys,

Extent:

1 print: engraving and etching, printed in black ink on laid paper; 27.7 x 20.7 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Print depicting a person wearing a wide-sleeved tunic, a feathered headdress and an overcoat. He smokes a pipe tomahawk while holding a knife in his other hand.

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2012.

Original extent note:

Removed from the publication "A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses. After the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and others. With an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage", published in 4 volumes by Thomas Jefferys in London from 1757 to 1772. This work is numbered 202.

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Inscription: inscribed in plate, recto, b.: Habit of a Delaware Indian with his Tomohawk Scalping Knife. / Indien de la Riviere Delaware arme de la Hache a [sic] du Couteau pour lever la chevelure..; l.r.: 202 (complete)

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Private

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02400
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2400

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2400.
Copyright: expired.

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