Red Jacket — Copper Relief Plaque
Second quarter 19th century — Frame: 10 x 9 inches; sight: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches
 
A copper relief plaque depicting Red Jacket, the celebrated Seneca orator and leader, shown standing within a lightly defined landscape with symbolic natural elements. The composition presents Red Jacket in a poised, dignified stance, emphasizing his renown as a principal spokesman for the Seneca during a period of cultural and political transition in the early Republic.
Works of this type reflect the early nineteenth-century interest in Native American figures whose prominence in diplomacy and resistance had shaped the post-Revolutionary narrative. Housed in a period frame.
 
Condition: Very good.