Portrait of Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row (Christianized John)

Portrait of Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row (Christianized John)

Portrait of Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row (Christianized John)

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Introduction

This is the portrait of Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, the Hodenosaunee sachem who with three other sachems,Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row, Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow, and Etow Oh Koam, known as the Four Indian Kings, traveled to the English court of Queen Anne as ambassadors of the Five Nations confederacy. It is in the John Petre collection.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Title of work.

Date Made or Date Range: 1710
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

LAC record

Materials

oil, canvas

Techniques or Format

This is an oil painting done on canvas.

Motifs and Patterns

This is a portrait of the Hodenosaunee leader, Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, dubbed King of Ganajahhore Nations, set in a forest landscape. Just behind him is the figure of an animal, possibly a dog. He holds a bow, there is a quiver of arrows at his feet, and he wears an embroidered or woven belt. Other items of his dress are also detailed.

Other Notes

Colour transparency available

Dimensions: 0 × 64.3 × 91.5 cm
Condition: July 1977 - the painting received treatment in P.A.C. conservation section.

July 1977 - the work is in an 18th century period frame.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 2894503
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1977
Collection Narratives and Histories

Acquired with a special grant from the Canadian Government in 1977.Commissioned for the court of Queen Anne, the paintings appear to have passed from the Royal Collection into the Petre family of Kent sometime in the 1830s, and thence continued by family descent to the vendor.

Exhibition History

Exhibition title: The Four Indian Kings. Curators: Martha E. Cooke, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1977.10.16 - 1977.11.20.

Exhibition title: People of the Great Peace. Curators: Albany Institute of Art and History, Albany, New York; 1981.10.30 - 1982.04.23.

Exhibition title: The Convenant Chain- Indian Ceremonial and Trade Silver and the Four Indian Kings. Curators: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1982.10.25 - 1983.03.20.

Exhibition title: The Painted Past. Curators: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1984.10.02 - 1984.10.31. Further venue: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia;1987.04.10 - 1987.06.07.

Further venue: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1987.07.08 - 1988.01.03.

Further venue: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1989.06.01 - 1989.07.11.

Publication History

John G. Garratt. The four Indian kings = Les quatres rois indiens (Public Archives of Canada, 1982).

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

LAC record

GKS Reference Number: 768
Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

The four leaders who are the subjects of these portraits, were of the Hodenosaunee, of the Great Lakes region.

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