Widow of an Indian Chief, Watching the Arms of her Deceased Husband
John Raphael Smith, English, 1752 - 1812
after Joseph Wright of Derby, English, 1734 - 1797
1812
Mezzotint on paper
Overall: 18 × 21 7/8 in. (45.7 × 55.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
PR.963.41
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left: Painted by J. Wright; lower center: The Widow of an Indian Cheif Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband / Published March 2, 1812 by Tho. Palser, Surry-side of Westminster Bridge.; lower right: Engraved by J. R. Smith, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highns the Prince of Wales / & his Serene Highns the Duke of Orleans
Course History
HIST 6, NAS 30, History of the American West, Ben Madley, Winter 2012
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
WRIT 7, Religion and Literature: Revisioning the Invisible, Nancy Crumbine, Spring 2014
WRIT 5, Writing into the Wilderness, Nancy Crumbine, Spring 2014
WRIT 5, Writing into the Wilderness, Nancy Crumbine, Fall 2014
WRIT 5, Writing into the Wilderness, Nancy Crumbine, Fall 2014
WRIT 5, Writing Into the Wilderness, Nancy Crumbine, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, Writing Into the Wilderness, Nancy Crumbine, Winter 2015
GEOG 11, Qualitative Methods and the Research Process in Geography, Abigail Neely, Winter 2015
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
WRIT 7 , Religion and Literature: Re-visioning the Natural, Nancy Crumbine, Spring 2015
ENGL 75.2, Climate Fiction, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
ENGL 52, Vox Clamantis: Wilderness in 19th Century American Literature, Michael Chaney, Winter 2020
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
Geography 7.02, Into the Wild, Coleen Fox, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Death and Dying: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 55, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 26, 1995.
Images of the West: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MALS 190, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 15-August 28, 1994.
Teaching the History of Western Art 1500-Present, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ArtH2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 27-March 11, 2001.
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1963.
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