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Contributor Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, ill.
Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer.
Title Tshusick.
Alternate title Tshusick, an Ojibway woman. / A.H. ; drawn printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment no. 94 Walnut St. ; entered according to act of Congress in the year 1837 by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks office of the district court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by E.C. Biddle.
Date [1836?]
Physical description 1 print : lithograph (hand-colored) ; 37.8 x 26 cm.
Description Full-length portrait of a seated Tshusick leaning on a table, wearing elaborately decorated clothing, including a hat, jacket, and moccasins, and holding a flower. A piece of paper on the table bears her signature: "Thusick" [sic].
Notes In McKenney, T. L. and J. Hall. History of the Indian tribes of North America, v.1 (Philadelphia, 1836), plate opposite p. 173. Also in 1838-1844 and 1848-1850 editions.
"Like all handsome women, be their color or nation what it may, she knew her power, and used it to the greatest advantage."--P. 175.
Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1826, destitute and supposedly seeking Christian conversion after traveling on foot from Detroit. After several months of being entertained by high-level U.S. government officials and mingling in the highest social circles, she left the capital, laden with many gifts. Later, her Washington friends discovered that she was a con artist, "a sort of female swindler" (P. 177) who often appeared in cities and used her charm to make friends and enjoy the hospitality of others.
Genre Portrait prints -- 1830-1839.
Lithographs -- 1830-1839.
Subject Tshusick -- Portraits.
Ojibwa Indians.
Indian women -- North America.
Indians of North America.
Swindlers and swindling.
Women.
Is part of Portraits of American Women
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