[Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer]. Albumen photograph of Bull's Ghost, Lower Yanktonai. [Washington, D.C., 1872].
5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 11 x 14 in. Hayden Survey mount with credit to W. H. Jackson, below image. Numbered "277" in the negative and identified in pencil on verso.
An intimate studio profile portrait of Lower Yanktonai leader, Bull's Ghost, originally taken by Alexander Gardner in 1872. Bull's Ghost served as Sitting Bull's mouthpiece in the Ghost Dance exercises. Having only one eye, he was purportedly called "One Eyed Riley" by whites. (See McLaughlin, James. My Friend the Indian, 203).
Provenance: Freeman's, The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography, 24 October 2025, Lot 253.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.