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Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), (painting). Artist:  West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter. Title:  Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), (painting). Dates:  1776. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  79 1/2 x 54 3/8 in. (202 x 138 cm) Description:  Full-length double portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson (1740-1788) seated with Mohawk Chief Karonghyontye (d. 1790), also known as Captain David Hill, standing slightly behind him. They stand in front of a rocky ledge; a landscape with waterfall and several figures are seen at left. Johnson holds a musket and Hill holds a peace pipe. Subject:  Portrait male -- Johnson, Guy -- Full length Ethnic -- British Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Portrait male -- Hill, David -- Full length Portrait male -- Karonghyontye -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Mohawk Occupation -- Other -- Chief Landscape -- Waterfall Portrait group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1940.1.10 (496) Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Dixon-Brown, Ethel, Henfield, Sussex, England Sotheby's, London, England Dec. 7, 1927. Sabin, Frank T., London, England M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York Jan. 21, 1937. A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1940. References:  Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Illustration:  Image on file. Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 323. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 121. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08600667   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600667 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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