English: In 1735, Swedish painter Gustavus Hesselius, who lived in Philadelphia, painted this portrait of Lenape chief Lapowinsa, showing his facial painting. A signer of the infamous 1735 Walking Treaty, Lapowinsa and other Lenape chiefs would spend the next twenty years trying unsuccessfully to have the treaty voided.
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