File:Tecumseh02.jpg

DescriptionTecumseh02.jpg	English: A colored version of Lossing's portrait of Tecumseh. No fully authenticated of Tecumseh exists; Lossing had not met the Native Indian leader and assumed that he was a British general. Based on a pencil sketch by Pierre le Dru, Lossing replaced Tecumseh's native costume with a British uniform and painted this portrait. Deutsch: Farbversion von Benson John Lossings Portrait des Shawnee-Häuptlings Tecumseh nach Pierre Le Drus Bleistiftskizze von 1808.
Date	circa 1868
Source	Lossing had published this painting in his The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 (1868). This painting has also appeared on a National Park Services site.
Author	Benson John Lossing (1813–1891) Description American historian Date of birth/death 12 February 1813 3 June 1891 Location of birth/death Beekman, New York Dover Plains, New York Authority control WorldCat
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• Native Americans in the United States
• William Henry Harrison