Demasduit

Watercolour on ivory miniature Portrait of Demasduit (Mary March), by Henrietta Hamilton, 1819 (Library and Archives Canada)[1]
The taking of Demasduit, drawn by her niece Shanawdithit
This miniature portrait called A female Red Indian of Newfoundland and dated 1841 by some sources may have been painted by naturalist Philip Henry Gosse[2] and is most likely a later copy of Portrait of Demasduit by Hamilton (above)

Demasduit (c. 1796 – January 8, 1820[3]) was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on Newfoundland.

  1. ^ Charlotte Gray 'The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder' Random House, 2004
  2. ^ Mullen, Gary R., "Philip Henry Gosse Archived 2011-09-14 at the Wayback Machine," Encyclopedia of Alabama, 26 August 2008, retrieved 9 September 2011
  3. ^ G. M. Story. "DEMASDUWIT". University of Toronto/Université Laval. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.