Demasduit was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on Newfoundland.
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![Watercolour on ivory miniature Portrait of Demasduit (Mary March), by Henrietta Hamilton, 1819 (Library and Archives Canada)[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Demasduit.jpg/500px-Demasduit.jpg)
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)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Shanawdithit_portrait.jpg/330px-Shanawdithit_portrait.jpg)
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)Awards 1
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CanadaStatus
deceased
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Lived 1796 to 1820 · aged 24
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