Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations / J.R. Smith. – Historic Print
![Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations / J.R. Smith., [ca. 1776] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2c4d45a32aa0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations / J.R. Smith.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Joseph Brant, the Mohawk leader known to colonists as Joseph Brant and here called "the Great Captain of the Six Nations," is the figure at the center of this mezzotint, a proof state with the inscriptions still written in by hand. The print reproduces a painting by George Romney, the English portraitist, and was published by J.R. Smith in 1779. Brant had traveled to England in 1776 and was received by British society, and portraits like this one helped shape how audiences in London saw a Native leader allied with the Crown during the Revolutionary War. Collectors still study it for that reason, as a window onto the period's politics and its images of Indigenous people.
| Created / published | [ca. 1776] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint ; 51 x 39.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | D.C. |
| Notes | After a painting by George Romney. Proof before all letters; inscriptions written in ink; published 1779. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 175. Exhibited in: Creating the U.S." Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Brant, Joseph,--1742-1807. Indians of North America--1770-1780. Mohawk Indians--1770-1780. Tribal chiefs--1770-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,134 × 1,439 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218757 |
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