Albumen print on card
Height 5.5 in / 14 cm including mount
Width 4.75 in / 12.1 cm including mount
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
This 1880s albumen print depicts an Apache woman seated against a rock formation. The photograph is mounted on card and belongs to the late nineteenth-century visual record of Native American portraiture in the Southwest. The sitter is shown outdoors, with clothing, posture, and setting forming the central elements of the image.
The albumen process gives the photograph the warm tonal quality associated with many nineteenth-century prints. Its small mounted format suggests an image made for personal viewing, collecting, or regional circulation. As an Apache subject, the photograph belongs within the Southwest region and should be described with clear cultural attribution while avoiding additional claims not supported by the available information.
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Albumen print on card
Height 5.5 in / 14 cm including mount
Width 4.75 in / 12.1 cm including mount
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
This 1880s albumen print depicts an Apache woman seated against a rock formation. The photograph is mounted on card and belongs to the late nineteenth-century visual record of Native American portraiture in the Southwest. The sitter is shown outdoors, with clothing, posture, and setting forming the central elements of the image.
The albumen process gives the photograph the warm tonal quality associated with many nineteenth-century prints. Its small mounted format suggests an image made for personal viewing, collecting, or regional circulation. As an Apache subject, the photograph belongs within the Southwest region and should be described with clear cultural attribution while avoiding additional claims not supported by the available information.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
