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Image: Hendrick Theyanoguin

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Description: "The Brave old Hendrick the great sachem or chief of the Mohawk Indians", a hand-tinted engraving of Mohawk leader Hendrick Theyanoguin, published in London in 1755, based on an earlier lost portrait. According to historian Eric Hinderaker, artist William Williams painted a portrait of Hendrick in 1755 in Philadelphia, and this engraving may be based on that lost painting.
Title: Hendrick Theyanoguin
Credit: John Carter Brown Library
Author: Engraver unknown, based on a lost portrait by an unknown artist
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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