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Author:
Maciolek, Robert  Search this
Subject:
Burger, Warren E. 1907-  Search this
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Sadik, Marvin S  Search this
Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828  Search this
Brant, Joseph  Search this
National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1976
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in TORCH, No. 76-B, September 1976
Summary:
Standing with the portrait of Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) by Gilbert Stuart are (left to right) National Portrait Gallery Director Marvin Sadik (1969-1981), the Duke of Northumberland Ralph Percy, Chancellor and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, and Secretary of the Smithsonian (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley. Stuart painted the portrait of Thayendanega, Chief of the Mohawks, in London in 1798. The visit occured in July.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: September 1976
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Museum directors  Search this
Duke of Northumberland  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Thayendanega  Search this
Mohawk Indians  Search this
Dignitaries  Search this
Painting  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Standard number:
92-1786
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8694