Item Summary

Half length portrait of the Cherokee chief with a feather in his hair, a cape draped over his left side, wearing necklaces and an armband, and holding a knife in his right hand.

Descriptive Information

Title
Cunne Shote, the Indian chief : A great warrior of the Cherokee Nation / Js. McArdell fecit ; F. Parsons pinxt.
Call Number
D West 44/GC106/Box 07/Normal/18th-19th c./Artists M-R, GA 2024.03862
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcwh247612g
Publisher
[London] : [publisher not identified] : [ca. 1762]
Language
English
Date Created
1762
Extent
1 print : mezzotint ; 35 x 25 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
This mezzotint engraving was done by James McArdell after a painting by Francis Parsons.
Publisher statement reads: "Sold at the Golden Head, in Queen Square, Ormond Street."
Chief Cunne Shote was also known as Conocotocko II and Standing Turkey.

Discovery Information

Subject
Cunne Shote Cherokee chief—Portraits—Early works to 1800
Cherokee Indians—Portraits—Early works to 1800
Indigenous peoples of North America—Portraits—Early works to 1800
Prints, British—Early works to 1800
Indigenous Studies
prints (visual works).
mezzotints (prints)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ce7b44ad-128e-44b1-90c5-62b8a5df6fc0/manifest