Tlingit; William H. Partridge, publisher
Fort Wrangell, Alaska
circa 1886
Albumen print, boudoir card, Portland imprint
5.25 x 8.5 in
This albumen boudoir card shows Tlingit mortuary carvings at Fort Wrangell in southeast Alaska. At right, a carved bear crouches with open jaws atop a low log grave structure set before a clapboard frame house, while at left a second carved figure with a wide toothed mouth leans among the overgrown brush. The mount is printed "Alaska, U.S." above and captioned "Indian Graves, Fort Wrangel," carrying Partridge's Portland imprint at 69 Morrison Street with the negative number 7876 in the image, and shows warm overall toning with light surface spotting.
William H. Partridge (1858 to 1939) was a photographer active in Portland, Oregon, and later Boston. He trained in a photographic family, worked briefly for the Portland photographer Frank Abell, and was among the first in Oregon to make portraits by artificial light. In 1886 he traveled by steamship up the southeast Alaskan coast, stopping at Fort Wrangell, Juneau, Killisnoo, and Sitka, and the boudoir cards issued from that trip sold widely on the East Coast. His Alaska views are preserved in a number of Pacific Northwest archival collections.
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Tlingit; William H. Partridge, publisher
Fort Wrangell, Alaska
circa 1886
Albumen print, boudoir card, Portland imprint
5.25 x 8.5 in
This albumen boudoir card shows Tlingit mortuary carvings at Fort Wrangell in southeast Alaska. At right, a carved bear crouches with open jaws atop a low log grave structure set before a clapboard frame house, while at left a second carved figure with a wide toothed mouth leans among the overgrown brush. The mount is printed "Alaska, U.S." above and captioned "Indian Graves, Fort Wrangel," carrying Partridge's Portland imprint at 69 Morrison Street with the negative number 7876 in the image, and shows warm overall toning with light surface spotting.
William H. Partridge (1858 to 1939) was a photographer active in Portland, Oregon, and later Boston. He trained in a photographic family, worked briefly for the Portland photographer Frank Abell, and was among the first in Oregon to make portraits by artificial light. In 1886 he traveled by steamship up the southeast Alaskan coast, stopping at Fort Wrangell, Juneau, Killisnoo, and Sitka, and the boudoir cards issued from that trip sold widely on the East Coast. His Alaska views are preserved in a number of Pacific Northwest archival collections.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
