Sir William Johnson Presenting Medals to the Indian Chiefs of the Six Nations at Johnstown, N.Y.
In this 1903 oil on canvas, Edward Lamson Henry captures a specific intersection of colonial diplomacy and indigenous leadership. The work, titled Sir William Johnson Presenting Medals to the Indian Chiefs of the Six Nations at Johnstown, N.Y., reconstructs a gathering from 1772. The scene focuses on a conference held at Johnson Hall, where Sir William Johnson meets with the Iroquois. It is a moment of formal recognition, frozen in…








