Etow Oh Koam King of the River Nation
Dateca. 1710
After work by
John Verelst
Engraver
John Simon
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 16 5/8" x OW: 10 3/4"; Plate H: 16 3/8" x W: 10 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1999-50
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Etow Oh Koam King of the River Nation/ I Verelst pinx./ Simon Fecit/ Sold at y.e Rain Bow & Dove y.e Corner of Ivey Bridge in the Strand."Label TextIn 1718, Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood received prints of the Four Kings of Canada to hang in the Council Chamber of the Capitol. These four Iroquois were escorted to England to meet with Queen Anne in 1710 by Virginia’s Governor Francis Nicholson. Their likeness was taken by court painter, John Verelst and later engraved in mezzotint. These prints likely represent the earliest authentic representations of Iroquois pictured in their native dress.ProvenanceBefore 1951, Henry Stevens (Farnham Surrey, England); 1951, purchased by Frank T. Siebert [1912-1998] (Bangor, ME); 1999, [sold, Sotheby’s, “The Frank T. Siebert Library of the North American Indian and the American Frontier,” New York, NY, May 21, 1999, Lot 129]; 1999-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
George Bickham
ca. 1765
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
After 1735; originally published 1715
