Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)
date: label: Date created
content: 1837-1845
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: Captain John R. Vinton (J.R. Vinton/John Rogers Vinton), Non-Indian, 1801-1847
label: Subject
content: Osceola, Seminole, ca. 1803-1838
label: Possible owner
content: Brigadier General Joseph M. Hernandez, Non-Indian, 1792-1857
label: Possible owner
content: Colonel Brantz Mayer, Non-Indian, 1809-1879
label: Previous owner
content: Charles Mayer Van Kleeck, Non-Indian, 1870-1951
label: Previous owner
content: Mary Van Kleeck (Mary Abby Van Kleeck), Non-Indian, 1883-1972
label: Donor
content: Mary Van Kleeck (Mary Abby Van Kleeck), Non-Indian, 1883-1972
notes: label: Collection History
content: Drawn from life in 1837 following Osceola's capture or copied by the artist between 1837 and 1845 and based on his 1837 portrait; attested to and possibly owned by Brigadier General Joseph M. Hernandez (1792-1857, U.S. Army, whose signature appears at the bottom); acquired by Colonel Brantz Mayer (1809-1879, a Baltimore, Maryland, lawyer and author) at an unknown date; transferred to his great-nephew Charles Mayer Van Kleeck (1870-1951) at an unknown date; inherited by Charles Van Kleeck's sister Mary Van Kleeck (1883-1972); donated to MAI by Miss Van Kleeck in 1951.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Mellon; Sanford; Seminole County; Florida; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/2870
label: Barcode
content: 262870.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Portrait of the Seminole leader (ca. 1803-1838)
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, graphite, colored pencil
label: Techniques
content: Drawn
label: Dimensions
content: 8 x 8.5 cm