John Petre collection [graphic material]

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John Petre collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1710.

Reference:

R14181-0-3-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

180704

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John Petre collection
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Collection includes:

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Date(s):

1710.

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Place of creation:

England

Extent:

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

Language of material:

English

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John Petre collection [graphic material]

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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.

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Private collection

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Artist: Verelst, John, 1648-1734

Finding aid:

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

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General Note:

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.

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1 : item 1 Etowaucum, King of River Nation
2 : item 2 Sagayenkwaraton, King og the Maquas (Mohawk)
3 : item 3 Onigoheriago, King of the Generethgarich
4 : item 4 Tejonihokarawa, Emperor of the Six Nations

Subject heading:

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1977-035 PIC

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1977-035 PIC
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Volume [R14181] 1--4

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1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

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2 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

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3 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

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4 Item no. assigned by LAC 4

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John Petre collection [graphic material]

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