JOSEPH TAYADANEEGA called the BRANT, the Great Captain of the Six Nations.
Date1779
After work by
George Romney (1734-1802)
Engraver
John Raphael Smith
1751 - 1812
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 20 3/4" x OW: 14 7/8"; Plate H: 20" x W: 14"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2004-43
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "JOSEPH TAYADANEEGA called the BRANT,/ the Great Captain of the Six Nations./ Engraved from an Original Painting of G. Romney in the Collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Warwick by J.R. Smith./ Publish'd as the Act directs 10.th Feb.y 1779."ProvenanceBefore 2004, W. Graham Arader, III (New York, NY); 2004-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750?-1802)
1800-1801
