Portrait of a Dakota Indian

Dateca. 1855

MediumAmbrotype

DimensionsPlate (Quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/4 × 5/16 inches (11.76 × 18.42 × 0.79 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.76 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.54.22

Signednone

InscribedInscribed inside tray on paper behind plate, in black ink, in period hand: “h.l.k / 2211 / 350 / [illegible notations]”

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DescriptionImage of a Dakota Indian seated wearing a feathered headdress with a blanket draped over his shoulders. A quiver, bow, and arrows rest on his lap and extend from beneath the blanket. This quarter plate, hand-colored ambrotype is housed in a leather case with a brass mat and red velvet liner.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from American History: Including the Property of N. Flayderman & Co., Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, OH, June 9, 1997, lot 332 by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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