Photograph of the Rev. Peter Jones

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Description

Title: Photograph of the Rev. Peter Jones
Creator: Hill & Adamson.
Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870.Adamson, Robert
Contributor: Jones, Peter, 1802-1856--Portraits
Published / Created: ca. 1845
Abstract: Studio portrait of the Reverend Peter Jones, also known as Waving Plume or Kahkewaquonaby, taken in England by the photographers David Hill and Robert Adamson. Jones is believed to be the first Native American to have been photographed.
Extent: 1 photographic print (salted paper print from a calotype)
20 x 15 cm. on a mount 38 x 31 cm.
b&w

Format: still image
Genre: Salted paper prints
Subject (Name): Jones, Peter, 1802-1856--Portraits
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Portraits
Missisauga Indians--Portraits.

Access: Public
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