Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation

Sanford Thayer, Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation, 1845, oil on canvas, overall: 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Burhans Family, Onondaga County, Syracuse, New York, 2019.42
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation
Date
1845
Dimensions
overall: 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Burhans Family, Onondaga County, Syracuse, New York
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — other — chief
  • Landscape
Object Number
2019.42

Works by this artist (5 items)

Terry Toedtemeier, Burning Railroad Tie, Burlington Cut near Catherine Creek, Klickitat County, Washington, 1987, printed 1988, selenium-toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1990.51, © 1987, Terry Toedtemeier
Burning Railroad Tie, Burlington Cut near Catherine Creek,…
Date1987, printed 1988
selenium-toned gelatin silver print
Not on view
Terry Toedtemeier, Spearfish (site), Klickitat County, Washington, 1988, selenium toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation, 1990.70, © 1988, Terry Toedtemeier
Spearfish (site), Klickitat County, Washington
Date1988
selenium toned gelatin silver print
Not on view

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