Father Marquette at St. Ignace in 1670, (painting).

Father Marquette at St. Ignace in 1670, (painting).

Gibbs, William Woodruff, 1821-1902, painter.

Father Marquette at St. Ignace in 1670, (painting).

37 1/2 x 51 in.

Father Marquette stands on the shore of a lake and gestures to a group of Indians before him. A standing Indian holding a peace pipe gestures toward the robed missionary.

History -- United States -- Michigan

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

Landscape -- Michigan -- St. Ignace

Portrait male -- Marquette, Jacques -- Full length

Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary

Ethnic -- French

Ethnic -- Indian

Landscape -- Lake

Walker, David, St. Ignace, Michigan

This painting was adopted and used as the design for a one cent postage stamp in 1898.

Omoto, Sadayoshi, and Eldon Van Liere, "The Michigan experience: a traveling exhibition of paintings of Michigan themes by Michigan artists in celebration of the state's sesquicentennial," East Lansing: Kresge Art Museum, Department of Art, Michigan State University, 1986, no. 2.

Omoto, Sadayoshi, and Eldon Van Liere, "The Michigan experience: a traveling exhibition of paintings of Michigan themes by Michigan artists in celebration of the state's sesquicentennial," East Lansing: Kresge Art Museum, Department of Art, Michigan State University, 1986, pg. 47.

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