Ferdinand Pettrich1798–1872The Dying Tecumseh
Mag men het zien?
Ja, het ontvangt bezoek
Washington D.C., Verenigde Staten
ZaalSmithsonian National Portrait Gallery, on view
Publiek tentoongesteld.
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- Ongewijzigd sinds
- Bron
- Het museum
Over de sculptuur
Tecumseh (Shawnee, 1768--1813) was a vital figure in the Native American resistance to U.S. expansionism after the Revolution. A warrior chief from the Ohio Valley, he worked to build a coalition of Indigenous nations that would block white settlers from encroaching further west. In the War of 1812 (1812--15), Tecumseh strategically allied his forces with the British but was killed by U.S. troops in the Battle of the Thames. The future president William Henry Harrison, who led that pivotal battle, recognized the formidable challenge Tecumseh's coalition would have posed to the United States, calling him, "one of those uncommon geniuses, which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions."
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 1916.8.1
Wat het toont
In de catalogus
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Afbeelding: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
