Alexander McGillivray, 1790 Artist John Trumbull approached the Creek delegation in New York City for treaty negotiations and asked them to sit for individual portraits. They “possessed a dignity of manner, form, countenance and expression, worthy of Roman Senators,” Trumbull recalled, but all declined. So the artist made five drawings “by stealth.” McGillivray here wears an American military coat, a present from President Washington.
The New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY.