Albumen print on card
Height 6 in / 15.2 cm
Width 4 in / 10.2 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This 1880s albumen print depicts two Shoshone women seated in a studio portrait. The women are shown in formal dress with woven garments, beadwork, and braided hair, giving the image clear cultural and visual specificity. The card-mounted format places the photograph within late nineteenth-century portrait photography and collecting practice.
The composition is direct and balanced, with both sitters presented frontally against a simple studio setting. The albumen process gives the image the warm tonal quality associated with many nineteenth-century prints. As a sold Shoshone portrait, the listing should remain available as an archive record while clearly marking the item as no longer available.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Albumen print on card
Height 6 in / 15.2 cm
Width 4 in / 10.2 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This 1880s albumen print depicts two Shoshone women seated in a studio portrait. The women are shown in formal dress with woven garments, beadwork, and braided hair, giving the image clear cultural and visual specificity. The card-mounted format places the photograph within late nineteenth-century portrait photography and collecting practice.
The composition is direct and balanced, with both sitters presented frontally against a simple studio setting. The albumen process gives the image the warm tonal quality associated with many nineteenth-century prints. As a sold Shoshone portrait, the listing should remain available as an archive record while clearly marking the item as no longer available.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
