Brewett : A Celebrated Miami Chief / Taken at Treaty of Massinnewa by J.O. Lewis 1827.

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Title: Brewett : A Celebrated Miami Chief / Taken at Treaty of Massinnewa by J.O. Lewis 1827.
Date: [between 1835 and 1836]
Creator: Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858, artist.
Notes: Portrait of Brewett dressed in European-style clothing and wearing a feather headdress, a decorative gorget necklace, trade silver armbands, ear and nose rings, a silver breastplate and black face paint in the form of lines on his chin and across his face.
Names and Subjects: Gorgets (Military insignia); Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Treaties.; Indians of North America--Clothing.; Miami Indians--Portraits.; Headdresses--1820-1830.; Face painting--1820-1830.; Tribal chiefs--Indiana--1820-1830.; Prints shelf.; Indigenous peoples--North America--Portraits.; Indigenous peoples--North America--Treaties.; Indigenous peoples--Clothing--North America.; Miami (North American people)--Portraits.; Lehman & Duval Lithrs,--lithographer.; The aboriginal port-folio: a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians.; United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre: Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840.
ID: 6786
Barcode: B8384094
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; sheet 43.7 x 28 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-06 14:13:29

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 7648 x 10580
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 6786
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