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Joseph Brant by Charles Willson Peale

Charles Willson Peale · 1797

An 1797 life portrait of Joseph Brant by Charles Willson Peale, painted in Philadelphia during his diplomatic dealings with the United States.

Painted from life in 1797 during Brant's diplomatic negotiations with the United States.

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Oil portrait of a man in profile turned to the left, wearing a dark headband with a white feather, a red flower and green leaves, a white shirt, dark neck cloth, a crescent gorget, and a pink wrap over his shoulder, against a blue-gray background.
Charles Willson Peale, Joseph Brant, 1797.

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What it is

This oil portrait of Joseph Brant was painted from life by the American artist Charles Willson Peale in Philadelphia in 1797.

Brant is shown in profile wearing a headband with a feather, a crescent gorget and a pink wrap over his shoulder.

Why it matters

The portrait was made during Brant's diplomatic dealings with the new United States government, years after the Revolution. It records Brant in later middle age and shows how he continued to act as a key negotiator between Indigenous nations and the American government.

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  • What does the calm, formal pose suggest about Brant's role as a diplomat?
  • Why would an American artist want to paint Brant after the Revolutionary War had ended?
  • What parts of Brant's life and work are left out of this single image?

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