Sitting Eagle – Vintage 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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This rare historic photograph captures Sitting Eagle in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sitting Eagle, a Crow man, appears here in the dress and regalia that Edward S. Curtis recorded around 1905 during his fieldwork among Plains peoples. Curtis was assembling the portraits that would become *The North American Indian*, a multivolume survey published from 1907 onward with photogravure plates. The record's focus on clothing and dress reflects his aim of documenting traditional attire, so the textiles, ornaments and posture are worth studying closely. Viewers should also keep in mind that Curtis posed and framed his sitters according to his own ideas of an authentic past.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 218-05. LC no. 56. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Great Plains--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Crow Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,672 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222199 |
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