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Indian Chief: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization [sculpture] / (photographer unknown)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Crawford, Thomas 1813?-1857  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1856
Notes:
On photo mount label: T. Crawford. Indian chief. New York Historical Society. marble. Gift of Carnegie Corporation of New York. Classification Number: 282. 2d copy. Accession: 17841. On second and third photo mount labels (one on recto and one on verso): AMERICAN SCULPTURE/CRAWFORD, THOMAS (1813-1857)/Indian Chief/1856/Marble/H. 4 ft., 7 in./NEW YORK, HISTORICAL SOCIETY. On fourth photo mount label: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/The Library/This Collection of Photographs/Desirable in the Study of Art/was assembled by/The Carnegie Corporation/of New York/and Presented to the Museum/in the Year 1930/(stamped:) 1740.
1 photographic print : b&w, 9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (trimmed), mounted on 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. board.
Topic:
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Death  Search this
Image number:
SSC S0000471
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Photograph Study Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_127180