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[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / E.A. Burbank, Nespelem, Wash. – Vintage Photo Print

[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / E.A. Burbank, Nespelem, Wash., Chic. & New York : Chicago Colortype Co., 1897, c1899. — historic print
[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / E.A. Burbank, Nespelem, Wash., Chic. & New York : Chicago Colortype Co., 1897, c1899.. Historic print from the Native Americans 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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[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / E.A. Burbank, Nespelem, Wash.

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Painted at Nespelem, Washington, where Chief Joseph lived on the Colville Reservation after the Nez Percé War of 1877, this portrait shows him head and shoulders, facing the viewer. It is a color halftone reproduction of an oil painting by E.A. Burbank, who was working in that community when he made it. Joseph, a leader of the Wallowa band, had become a national figure during his people's flight toward Canada and their surrender that autumn, and his steady, dignified bearing made him a common subject for artists and photographers. The Chicago Colortype Company issued the print in the late 1890s, and the original painting later belonged to the collection of Edward E. Ayer in Chicago.

Created / publishedChic. & New York : Chicago Colortype Co., 1897, c1899.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenrePortrait paintings Reproductions 1890-1900.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1890-1900.
Notes40025 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction from painting by E.A. Burbank, now in the collection of E.E. Ayer, Chicago.
SubjectsJoseph,--Nez Percé Chief,--1840-1904.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,164 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219409

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