Wanaus, Tuscarora Indian

1868

Esther Frances Alexander

Artist, American, 1837 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on heavy ivory card stock

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 × 16.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1979.20.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Holman's Book Shop, Boston); acquired in 1937 by John Davis Hatch [1907-1996]; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; Heim Gallery, London; Galerie Heim, Paris; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1976-1977, no. 55 and Pl. 57.

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 55.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and brown ink: Wanaus - Tuscarora indian / Niagara - September 1st 1868.
upper center verso in graphite: (not deciphered) 256/ Tuscadora indian, Niagara 1868/ Fr. Alexander 1837-1917/ Purchased (not deciphered) 1937.

Wikidata ID

Q64559927


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