Painter:

Vinton, John Rogers 1801-1847  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1843

Notes:

Libby, Gary R., ed., "Celebrating Florida: works of art from the Vickers Collection," Daytona Beach, FL: Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1995, pg. 31.

Summary:

A Seminole Indian is standing in the shaded foreground with his back to the viewer, looking toward the ruins of the Cruger and Depeyster Plantation (also know as the New Smyrna Beach Sugar House), which was destroyed in December 1835 during the Second Seminole War.

Topic:

History--United States--Florida  Search this

Figure male--Full length  Search this

Ethnic--Seminole  Search this

Architecture exterior--Industry  Search this

Disaster--Fire  Search this

Landscape--Florida--New Smyrna Beach  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8A360002

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_395536