Carte de visite photograph
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This carte de visite shows a Ute chief photographed by The Art Gallery in Denver, Colorado, during the 1870s. Studio portraits of Native leaders from this period circulated as collectible photographs and also became part of the visual record of Native American presence in the American West. The image reflects the formal conventions of nineteenth-century portrait photography, with the sitter posed directly and presented within the small card format.
The clothing, hat, earrings, blanket, and decorated leggings give the portrait strong visual detail without needing added embellishment. Carte de visite photographs were widely collected in the nineteenth century, making them portable records of people, places, and public figures. This example belongs within the photographic history of the Ute people and the broader documentation of Native American subjects in Colorado during the post-Civil War period.
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Carte de visite photograph
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This carte de visite shows a Ute chief photographed by The Art Gallery in Denver, Colorado, during the 1870s. Studio portraits of Native leaders from this period circulated as collectible photographs and also became part of the visual record of Native American presence in the American West. The image reflects the formal conventions of nineteenth-century portrait photography, with the sitter posed directly and presented within the small card format.
The clothing, hat, earrings, blanket, and decorated leggings give the portrait strong visual detail without needing added embellishment. Carte de visite photographs were widely collected in the nineteenth century, making them portable records of people, places, and public figures. This example belongs within the photographic history of the Ute people and the broader documentation of Native American subjects in Colorado during the post-Civil War period.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
