Chief Joseph in Partial Native Dress with Ornaments

F. T. Cummins, Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

1877, printed 1903
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Platinum print
Dimensions

Image: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.
Mount: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. to l.r. in image: COPYRIGHTED, 1903, \ BY \ F.T. CUMMINS.
Mount Recto:
l.r. [blind stamp]: C.M. Bell's \ WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mount Verso:
u.c. in graphite: Chief Joseph (Nex Perce) \ The grand old warrior \ who gave Gen. Howard \ and Col. Nelson Miles a \ "run for their money," of \ over 1600 miles to the Canadian \ border in the Nez Perce war \ of 1877.
Collection Name

Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.564
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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