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People Seated on top and Standing beside a Pawnee Earth Lodge
People Seated on top and Standing beside a Pawnee Earth Lodge
Object Number 2004.29.5935
Display Title People Seated on top and Standing beside a Pawnee Earth Lodge
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Pawnee Indians (Caddoan) / Pawnee Lodge, See Jackson's Album. Both by William H. Jackson ca 1868-9 -R. Rudisill Oct. 23, 1979. / [verso] Note: Although these are platinum prints, there is discoloration, probably due to adhesive. re H5935 - See plate on p. 80 of Clarence S. Jackson: Picture Maker of the Old West - Wm. H. Jackson. Scribners 1947. See also Bushnell Coll. x387- WHJ's painting dated 1924 made from an albumen print also in the Bushnell Coll.; 385a- letter from WHJ to David Bushnell dated May, 5, 1924 referring to the above mentioned oil painting. The letter refers to a studio portrait photo of WHJ which WHJ sent to Bushnell (9 1/2x 6" three-quarters standing, wearing overcoat & holding gloves- (Dan Jones, Oct. 1980)"
Subject
  • Landscape
  • People
  • Animal
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Pawnee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Platinum print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 x 15.24 cm (8 x 6 in.)

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