Carte de visite photograph
Height approx 4 in / 10.2 cm
Width approx 2.5 in / 6.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This 1870s carte de visite photograph depicts a Ute chief, published by The Art Gallery of Denver, Colorado. The sitter is shown in a formal studio pose, wearing a hat, blanket, earrings, and decorated boots. The Denver studio attribution places the image within the early commercial photographic record of Native American subjects in the Rocky Mountain region.
Carte de visite photographs were small mounted portraits widely collected and exchanged during the nineteenth century. The format made images of Native leaders and sitters portable, collectible, and commercially circulated. Because the specific Ute band or location is not identified in the available information, the regional attribution should remain general.
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Carte de visite photograph
Height approx 4 in / 10.2 cm
Width approx 2.5 in / 6.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This 1870s carte de visite photograph depicts a Ute chief, published by The Art Gallery of Denver, Colorado. The sitter is shown in a formal studio pose, wearing a hat, blanket, earrings, and decorated boots. The Denver studio attribution places the image within the early commercial photographic record of Native American subjects in the Rocky Mountain region.
Carte de visite photographs were small mounted portraits widely collected and exchanged during the nineteenth century. The format made images of Native leaders and sitters portable, collectible, and commercially circulated. Because the specific Ute band or location is not identified in the available information, the regional attribution should remain general.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
