Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent

Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent

Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent

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This is a full length watercolour portrait of Nicolas Vincent,baptized Ignace-Nicolas, called Tsaouenhohoui, War Chief and then Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat nation. It is by Phillip John Bainbrigge and dates from 1840.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

Title of the work.

Place of Origin: Wendake
Date Made or Date Range: 1840
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

LAC record

Materials

Watercolour

Techniques or Format

Watercolour drawing

Motifs and Patterns

This is a full length portrait of Nicolas Vincent (1769-1844), in profile, in a winter landscape. He is smoking a pipe and details of the cut, design, and motifs on his full length coat are clear.

Other Notes

This is one of four watercolour portraits by Bainbrigge: Portrait of Canadian Indian Christine Vincent; Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent wearing snowshoes; Portrait of Canadian Indians: three adults and a child.

Dimensions: 0 × 10.2 × 12.7 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record and inscribed on the work.

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 3664077
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 2005-12-1
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sotheby's, New York
GKS Reference Number: 1029
Approximate Place of Origin

46.869279102, -71.347896113

Source of Information about Places

Nicolas Vincent was a chief of the Huron-Wendat, a nation of the Great Lakes region.

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