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Daughter of American Horse – Antique Wall Art

Daughter of American Horse, 1908, c1908. — historic photograph
Daughter of American Horse, 1908, c1908.. Historic photograph 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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A window into the past: Daughter of American Horse, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here the sitter is a Teton (Lakota) woman identified by her father's name, American Horse, a detail that ties the portrait to a family and a community rather than to a generic type. Edward S. Curtis made the image for *The North American Indian*, his multivolume survey of Native peoples of the American West, and it appears on page 60 of volume 3. The work was copyrighted in 1908, and Curtis's large project was then collecting portraits, ceremonial scenes, and daily-life views at a time when many Plains communities were living under the restrictions of reservation life. Curtis's staging and choice of dress reflect his own romantic view of his subjects, which is worth keeping in mind when reading the series.

Created / published1908, c1908.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH112946 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2493-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 3, p. 60.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Women--1900-1910. Teton Indians--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,110 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167950

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