| 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 |
| Has format |
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