The four Indian kings, London, 1710

Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library

London

1710

Mezzotint on paper engraved by Bernard Lens after sketches by Bernard Lens the Younger to commemorate the visit of four Native Americans to England in 1710. The four "kings", three Mohawk chiefs of the Iroquois Confederacy and one Mahican of the Algonquian peoples, are identified on the print as: Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row, Emperour of the Six Nations; Sa Ga Yean Qua Rah Tow, King of the Maquas; Oh Nee Yeath Tow No Riow, King of Ganajoh-Hore; and E Tow Oh Kaom, King of the River Nation. The print includes a manuscript note, "Sold by I. Clark, Grays Inn [London]".

Print Room -- PR 068 -- Flat Files, folder: “People -- Indians of North America -- Four Indian Kings”
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Indians of North America
Mohawk Indians
Mahican Indians

New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

mezzotints (prints)

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