Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751, French

after John Verelst, ca. 1675–1734, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1697)

Published by John Bowles, 1701–1779, British

Title:

Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarich

Date:

ca. 1755

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint, third state

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (34.9 x 25.1cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in plate, below, center (in italics): "HO NEE YEATH TAW NO ROW, King of Generethgarich."; below, center: "Printed for Jn.o Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill London."; below, left: "I. Verelst Pinx.t"; below, right: "I. Simon fecit."; bottom right: "4."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B2001.2.1508

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54100