Photographs of Ellen Sharples' painting of an American Indian
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R81D
name: label: Artist
content: Sharples, Ellen, 1769-1849
topic: label: Topic
content: Silver
creator: label: Artist
content: Sharples, Ellen, 1769-1849
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Ellen Sharples (1769-1849) was a student and wife of portrait painter James Sharples. They owned a successful studio in Washington, DC, where James painted portraits of well-known Americans and Ellen copied portraits for commission and painted miniatures on ivory.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Color slide
label: Extent
content: 1 Copy print
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1808
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Photographs obtained by Frank H. H. Roberts of the Bureau of American Ethnology as an example of an American Indian wearing silver trade crosses. Copied and donated by Mr. Arnold Wilson of the City Art Gallery of Bristol, 1963.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R81D
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Copy prints
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Original painting is held by Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, England.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph of artist Ellen Sharples' miniature painting of an American Indian man.  The man is depicted holding a flintlock rifle, and wearing a tomahawk tucked into his belt and silver trade crosses as ear ornamentation.  This may be the "copy of the Indian chief" painting referenced by Sharples in her diary in January 1808.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery hold a pastel drawing by Ellen Sharples.