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1967-344,2, Print
Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow, CONING VANDE MAQUAS alias CONING BRANT.
1967-344,2, Print

Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow, CONING VANDE MAQUAS alias CONING BRANT.

Date1710-1712
Publisher 1660 - c. 1711
After work by 1684 - 1756
OriginEurope, Netherlands, Amsterdam
MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in (23.49 × 17.62cm)
Other (Platemark): 8 3/8 × 6 1/4 in (21.27 × 15.87cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1967-344,2
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow,/ CONING VANDE MAQUAS alias CONING BRANT./ P. Schenck exc. Amst. C.P./ Een der Vier Indiaense Coningen, die den 2 Mey 1710, ter audientie geatmitteert syn,/ by haar Brittanisse Majesteit tot Londen, versoekende assistentie tegens de France/ in America, tussen Nieu Engeland en Canada etc."Label TextIn 1709, a diplomatic envoy of Mohawk and Mahican representatives in London caused a sensation, inspiring fashion trends, plays, and ballads. Several artists made portraits of the delegation, dubbed “The Four Indian Kings.” These were engraved in various sizes and at differing prices. Queen Anne commissioned full-length portraits of the men. Engravers quickly published expensive mezzotint copies and sent them back to Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) leaders in New York. Colonial centers of government received copies. Those sent to Williamsburg were displayed in the Council Chamber at the Capitol.

He is shown facing forward with an open shirt, a braid over one shoulder, and fur pieces over his ears. It is likely that Schenck was in England when these four arrived and made these drawings from life. They are so rare however, that there is no record of them in all of the extensive listings of Schenck.ProvenanceBefore 1967, The Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1967-present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)