Amon Carter print details

Little Wolf (standing) and Dull Knife

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Object Details

  • Date

    1873, printed ca. 1910

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Probably DeLancey W. Gill

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.
    Mount: 10 1/2 x 8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: Cheyenne.7.

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. in ink: No. 47 [crossed out] \ Family. Algonquian \ Tribe. Northern Cheyenne \ Names. Lame White Man (standing) \ Wild Hog.

    u.r. in graphite: Neg. No. 270 \ WHJ #26

    c. in ink: Note- \ Willis Roland says the standing \ figure is Little Wolf and the \ sitter walks like a white man \ D.L.G. \ Photo prior To 1877

    l.c. [stamp]: IF USED FOR PUBLICATION CREDIT \ MUST BE GIVEN TO THE SMITH- \ SONIAN INSTITUTION, BUREAU OF \ AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY.

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2127

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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