Cunne Shote; or Cumnacatogue, Stalking Turkey

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25.05.2022 17:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 35 | Cunne Shote; or Cumnacatogue, Stalking Turkey
Cunne Shote; or Cumnacatogue, Stalking Turkeyafter Francis Parsons, 1762PARSONS, Francis (fl. 1763-1783, d. 1804), after. Cunne Shote. London: sold at the Golden Head, c.1762. Portrait of Cunne Shote, Cherokee warrior and diplomat. "Succeeding his uncle, Kanagatucko ('Old Hop'), Cunne Shote ('Standing Turkey') was a Cherokee warrior and Chief of the Cherokee tribe from 1760. Following the imprisonment and subsequent execution of several Cherokee leaders at Fort Prince George ... Shote fought back by bravely leading attacks on the British colonies of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The Anglo-Cherokee War lasted until 1761. When hostilities abated, he was amongst three Cherokee leaders to accompany Virginian-born Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, a colonial Anglo-American officer, to London in 1762. The trip was to reaffirm a peace treaty between the Cherokee and the British Crown, ending three years of wars" (NPG) and beginning an alliance that lasted through the Revolutionary War. See following lot for Timberlake's account. Cunne Shote was also known as Cumnacatogue, translated into English as either Standing or Stalking Turkey.It is an unusually rich portrait, and rare. Cunne Shote's frank and direct gaze contrasts with the dagger gripped tightly in his right hand (blunt edge forward) and the silver gorget from George III resting around his neck. Parsons's original oil painting is in the Gilcrease Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Struggle for North America 30 (note).Mezzotint by James McArdell. 353 x 255mm, sheet size, affixed at corners to a larger sheet of laid paper (trimmed to plate mark, small restorations at corners). Framed.
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