Portrait in Silhouette of Tseruyeaathaw (Sagoyewatha)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Augustin-Amant-Constance Fidele Edouart, French, active England and USA, 1789 - 1861
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Portrait bust in silhouette of the Seneca chief Sagoyewatha (The Man Who Keeps You Awake), also known as Red Jacket, depicting the chief at age 30. The portrait is based on an ink silhouette made in the late eighteenth century by the Quaker artist Joseph Sansom.
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur S. Vernay
1839-1849
Accession Number
1914-42-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Silhouette
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Scissor-cut black paper on white paper
Dimensions
15.5 × 10.3 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.)
made in
United States
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1914-42-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq433ec610d-855c-4374-b797-88458ccee5fd
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