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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 16, 2015
Caption: The Dying Tecumseh
Additional Description: This 1856 statue by Ferdinand Pettrich sits in the National Museum of American Art in Washington DC.

“Tecumseh (c. 1768-1813) played a key role in Indian resistance to America's post-Revolutionary expansion into the Midwest. A Shawnee chief from the Ohio Valley, Tecumseh was charismatic and politically skillful, creating a coalition among disparate tribes that first sought a diplomatic solution with the settlers and later took up arms. During the War of 1812, he aligned the tribes with the British. After some military success, Tecumseh was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Thames (Ontario) by troops under the command of future president William Henry Harrison. The sculpture draws on classical work, such as the Dying Gaul from ancient Rome, to mythologize Tecumseh as a hero of the Native people and their tragic fate, a status conveyed to him only after death.” — National Museum of American Art
Submitted: April 14, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p305372
File Size: 1.565 Megabytes

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