Deputation of Indians from the Chippewa Tribes to the President of Upper Canada, Sir Frederic Ph. Robinson, K.C.B., Major General, etc., in 1815

Deputation of Indians from the Chippewa Tribes to the President of Upper Canada, Sir Frederic Ph. Robinson, K.C.B., Major General, etc., in 1815

Deputation of Indians from the Chippewa Tribes to the President of Upper Canada, Sir Frederic Ph. Robinson, K.C.B., Major General, etc., in 1815

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This painting of leaders of the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) nation, of the Anishinaabe peoples, is in the National Gallery of Canada. It is by Rudolph Steiger or von Steiger and dates from 1815. The companion piece of this work, "Deputation of Indians from the Mississippi Tribes to the Governor General of British North America, Sir George Prevost," by von Steiger, dated 1814,is in the Library and Archives Canada collection and also entered in GKS. Another painting very similar in style to these two but by an unknown artist and not attributed to von Steiger, is "Two Ottawa Chiefs Who with Others lately Came Down from Michillimackinac, Lake Huron, to Have a Talk with Their Great Father the King or His Representative," of 1813-1820.It also is in the LAC collection and is in the GKS.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

The Ojibwe (Chippewa) are of the Anishinaabe peoples.

Date Made or Date Range: 1815
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

LAC and NGC records.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Inscribed on the painting.

Current Location: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_2928
Link to Institution's Collections Database: cybermuse.gallery.ca
GKS Reference Number: 1106
Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

Source of Information about Places

The Ojibwe-Chippewa

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