In its catalogue description of Stuart’s “powerfully evocative” image of Brant, Sotheby’s said the painting is “possibly the finest portrait of one of the seminal figures” of North American history. one-dollar bill - and other early presidents are among American museums’ most valued heritage treasures. His paintings of George Washington - including the likeness that appears on the U.S.

to become one of the leading American portraitists of his day. The Rhode Island-born artist, exiled to Britain during the War of Independence, would later return to the U.S. It was during a visit to London in 1786 when Percy, Brant’s former battlefield comrade, commissioned Stuart to paint the Mohawk chief’s portrait. Article content Chris Mikulav / Postmedia News This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He travelled several times to England, meeting with King George III to lobby directly - with mixed results - for British government support in protecting aboriginal territory from American military threats and the encroachment of colonial settlements. Well-educated and fluent in English, Brant emerged after the war as a top diplomatic representative for the Iroquoian nations, spearheading efforts to unify their voices and leading the settlement of lands in the future southern Ontario in the 1780s. Leading Mohawk and other Iroquoian fighters in several major battles, Brant even drew non-aboriginal troops into his command as respect for his military prowess spread among loyalist forces.

The names of Brant County and Brantford, Ont., honour his legacy a statue of Brant also stands near Parliament Hill in Ottawa as part of the Canadian government’s Valiants Memorial, a series of busts and statues paying tribute to 14 heroic figures who “represent critical moments in Canada’s military history.”īrant, who had also fought from 1758-1760 as a teenage warrior against the French during the Seven Years’ War, served as a key British ally during the American Revolution.

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