Amon Carter print details

Sitting Bull or Tata'nka I'Yota'nka

David F. Barry (1854-1934)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1886

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Collodion silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.
    Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.
    Mount: 12 x 9 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. [blind stamp]: COPYRIGHT \ BY D.F. BARRY

    Sheet Recto:

    l.r. [blind stamp]: BARRY

    Mount Recto:

    u.c. in ink: "Sitting Bull" the great Sioux \ Medicine Man. [underlined]

    l.c. [stamp]: SITTING BULL.

    l.c. in ink: Killed by U.S.Indian Police Dec. 15, 1890

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. in black ink: Medicine Man of the Sioux Nation

    c. [stamp]: This Photograph from \ Historical Collection of \ E.A. BRININSTOOL \ Los Angeles, Cal.

    c. [paper label]: D.F.BARRY, \ PHOTOGRAPHER \ Photographs of all \ noted Indian Chiefs. \ 1312 Tower Ave. Superior, Wis.

  • Collection Name

    Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.466

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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