[Native Americana]. A group of 3 cabinet cards of Sitting Bull.

3 cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, each depicting Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Each image is a period copy print, produced ca last quarter 19th century. Includes:

Cabinet card of Sitting Bull wearing a hat with a monarch butterfly pinned to the front, inscribed in the negative, "Chief Sitting Bull, copyrighted N.W. Photo Co., Chadron, Neb." With period inked notation on verso, "Property of Chas. E. Lambert, Hinton, Okla. / Sitting Bull / This is a smiling(?) likeness of him where I last saw him." The original likeness was taken in 1883, and is often attributed to R.L. Kelly of Pierre, SD. (Toning and staining to print and mount, loss to lower right corner of print, edge and corner wear to mount.)-- Cabinet card, studio view of Sitting Bull in traditional dress, standing with a pipe and beaded tobacco bag. Sitting Bull's signature in the print. Uncredited, but attributed to George Spencer, Fort Sheridan. (Image and mount heavily worn, with staining, fading, and surface abrasions to print and mount. Loss to mount edges and corners.) -- Cabinet card portrait of Sitting Bull with members of his family, including his mother, Her Holy Door, and his eldest daughter, Many Horses, with her son on her lap. A later, copy print of a photograph originally taken at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, ca early 1880s. With detailed penciled notation on mount verso and accompanying typed transcription. (Vertical crease/separation through center of print and mount, with multiple adhesive repairs on verso and to edges. Soiling, toning, and surface wear to print and mount.)

Together, 3 images of Sitting Bull.

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

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[Native Americana]. A group of 3 cabinet cards of Sitting Bull.

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