Sawyer--Nez Percé – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Sawyer--Nez Percé, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sawyer--Nez Percé
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The record identifies the sitter only by the title "Sawyer," so the name may be a personal name or a nickname rather than a description of his work. The print is one of Edward S. Curtis's portraits of Nez Perce people, made around 1905 during the years he was documenting Native communities of the Northwest for his multivolume work *The North American Indian*. Curtis typically posed his sitters against plain backgrounds to focus attention on the face, dress, and bearing of the individual. The Nez Perce, who lived on the Columbia Plateau and had been pressed onto reservation land after the 1877 war, were among the many nations Curtis photographed in this period.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 240-05. LC no. 60. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--1900-1910. Nez Percé Indians--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,672 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222206 |
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