Portrait of Tommy Jemmy
Description
- Creator
- William John Wilgus, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Paintings
- Description
- Image of Painting (oil on canvas) of Tommy Jemmy (Soo-non-gize, or Long Horns)a Seneca Chief. Noted for killing a Seneca Woman (Kau-qua-tau) for witchcraft and the large court proceeding and trial that followed. Tommy Jemmy lived at Buffalo Creek where he served his community as an elder and chief. Buffalo-born artist William John Wilgus (1819-1853) painted several portraits of Western New York Indians. This 1849 portrait is considered an epitome of its genre, but in 2005 its whereabouts were unknown until found in a private collection.
- Date of Original
- 1849
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 757
Image Height: 876
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Jemmy, Tommy
- Local identifier
- SNPL000033v00i
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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New York, United States
Latitude: 42.87089 Longitude: -78.78725
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
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