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Kean appears dressed in the costume presented to him in 1826 when he was made an honorary member of the tribe at Quebec City and given the name Alanienouidet

Sotheby's inventory no. ZAPT W195

Inscribed., Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; EDMUND KEAN ESQR. / In the dress presented to and worn by him on the occasion of him being chosen a / CHIEF and PRINCE of the HURON TRIBE of INDIANS by the Name of ALANIENOUIDET / To the Patentee, Committee, and Performers of the THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE, in / commemoration of the return of that distinguished Actor to his Native Country and with the / intention of representing at one view a faithful Portrait of Mr. Kean, and a correct delineation of / the Costume of that Warlike Tribe who unanimously elected him a Chieftain and a brother at Quebec on / Saturday October 7, 1826. This print is most respectfully dedicated by their / obliged and obt. Sert / William Kenneth. / London Published by Willaim Kenneth at his Dramatic Repository Corner of Bow St. Covent Garden May 14th 1827. l.l.; Painted by Frederick Meyer Junr. 3 Red Lion Square. l.r.; Engraved by G.F. Storm. b.l.; Printed by Bishop & Co, Inscription