Red Jacket
Date1834
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored lithograph
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 20 1/4 in. × 14 1/8 in. (51.44 cm × 35.88 cm)
Image (H x W): 10 in. × 8 in. (25.4 cm × 20.32 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 2001
Object numberPrint-5333/RP-906
DescriptionThis print depicts Red Jacket wearing his 1792 Washington Peace Medal. Published in McKenney & Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America (Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1834).
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left edge of the image: "Painted by C.B. King".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Red Jacket / Seneca War Chief. / Philadelphia Published by E.C. Biddle / Lehman & Duval Liths. / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1834 by E.C. Biddle of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania".
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c. 1776
1820-1821
