Image: Gustavus Hesselius-Lapowinsa (larger)
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Description: In 1735, Swedish painter Gustavus Hesselius, who lived in Philadelphia, painted this portrait of Lenape chief Lapowinsa, showing his facial painting. A signer of the infamous 1735 Walking Treaty, Lapowinsa and other Lenape chiefs would spend the next twenty years trying unsuccessfully to have the treaty voided.
Title: Gustavus Hesselius-Lapowinsa (larger)
Credit: "Gustavus Hesselius, Portrait of Lapowinsa, 1735." Explore PA History. Jan. 17, 2022. Courtesy of the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia.
Author: Gustavus Hesselius 1682-1755
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