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A Sioux chief [on horseback] – Historic Print

A Sioux chief [on horseback], 1901 — historic print
A Sioux chief [on horseback], 1901. Historic print from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic print of A Sioux chief [on horseback]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A Sioux chief [on horseback]

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Remington made this pastel drawing of a mounted figure, reproduced here as a print for the 1901 book *A Bunch of Buckskins*. Remington (1861-1909) became one of the best-known illustrators of the American West, and his illustrations for magazines and books helped shape popular images of cavalry, cowboys, and Plains life. The title and subject terms come from an old caption card, so the identification of the rider as a Sioux chief is unverified. The horse is as central to the composition as the rider, which fits the Horses heading under which the picture is filed.

Created / published1901
Medium1 print.
SubjectsReproduction of pastel drawing by Frederic Remington. Illus. in: Frederic Remington's A Bunch of Buckskins, 1901. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Horses; Indians--Sioux; Publ. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,111 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108985

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