Johanna Ingerheidt Schmick

Painting

Moravian Historical Society

Name/Title

Johanna Ingerheidt Schmick

Entry/Object ID

0748

Description

Portrait of Johanna Ingerheidt Schmick (1721-1795) Schmick was a missionary to the Delaware and Mahican Indians first in Gnadenhütten, Pennsylvania in 1751 and later in Gnadenhütten, Ohio in 1773. Gnadenhütten translates to "village of grace." In 1782, U.S. militiamen from Pennsylvania attacked the Ohio settlement and massacred 96 men, women, and children who were pacifist Moravian Indians (primarily Lenape and Mohican). Born Johanna Ingerheidt in Larvik, Norway, she arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 on the Moravian transport the Irene. She married John Jacob Schmick in 1752 in Bethlehem.

Acquisition

Accession

748

Source or Donor

Jno. Haman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

John Valentine Haidt

Date made

1758

Place

Location

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Notes

Also dated as circa 1754

Dimensions

Height

26 in

Width

20-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

25.5'' x 19 5/8 stretcher

Conservation

Treatment

Date(s)

1954

Notes

Restoration funded by Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Peters

Provenance

Notes

Jno. Haman, October 1862

General Notes

Note

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