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Painting (Portrait)
Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians
William Verelst
1734-1735
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Verelst (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1956.0567 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1956.0567 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
William Verelst (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1734-1735
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Lower right
Inscription: W.\m Verelst Pinxt.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Historical
- American Indian
- Native American
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
48.5 (H) x 61.375 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
123.19 (H) x 155.893 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper left stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Phillips, John. 2023 General James Oglethorpe: From Georgia to Cranham Hall.
• Published: p. 44Book: Meyers, Christopher C. The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays.
Book: Lapham, Heather A. & Waselkov, Gregory A. 2020 Bears: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives in Native Eastern North America.
• Published: cover and p. 21, fig. 1.4 (detail view)Book: Moretti-Langholtz, Danielle & Woodard, Buck. 2019 Building the Brafferton: The Founding, Funding and Legacy of America's Indian School.
• Published: p. 169, fig. 48Book: Marschner, Joanna. 2017 Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World.
• Published: p. 520, no. 30.04Book: Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: cat. no. 63, pp. 124-5.Article: Sweeney, John A. H. 11//1971 Paintings in the Winterthur Collection. Antiques. 100 (5): 758-767.
• Published: pl. no. 1, p. 760.Book: Lockwood, Alice J. B. 1934 Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic Before 1840. 2.
• Key to figures in painting on p. 271.Article: Panther-Yates, Donald. 2001 A Portrait of Cherokee Chief Attakullakulla from the 1730s, A Discussion of William Verelst's "Trustees of Georgia" Painting. The Journal of Cherokee Studies. 22: 4-20.
Book: Pratt, Stephanie. 2008 The Indian Atlantic.
• forthcoming essay in this book deals with this paintingArticle: Rademacher, Cay. 2014 Pfad Der Tranen (Trail of Tears). Geo Epoche. 2014 (August): 40-53.
• Article in german-language magazine about artwork depicting the trail of tears.Electronic: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian. 2016 Many Trails of Tears Teaching Module. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
Other: Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation. Bartering for a Continent: How Anglo-Indian Trade Shaped America.
Book: Calloway, Colin G. 2016 The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices fromEarly America.
Electronic: Berg, Dan. 2007 Emissaries of Peace Electronic Field Trip. Mr. Dan Berg 2016 http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/History/teaching/eft/emissaries/index.cfm
Other: Virginia's Explore Park. From Pathways to Railways.
Web Site: Carl Vinson Institute of Goverment. 2008 GeorgiaInfo. University of Georgia 2016 http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/