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A sepia-toned portrait photograph of an Indigenous chief standing in traditional regalia, including a full-feathered headdress.
A sepia-toned portrait photograph of an Indigenous chief standing in traditional regalia, including a full-feathered headdress.
A sepia-toned portrait photograph of an Indigenous chief standing in traditional regalia, including a full-feathered headdress.
A sepia-toned portrait photograph of an Indigenous chief standing in traditional regalia, including a full-feathered headdress.

Touch-the-Clouds, A Chief In Full Regalia

Julius Ulke (1833-1910)

Object Details

  • Date

    1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Object Format

    Cabinet card

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 11/16 x 3 13/16 in.
    Mount: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Recto:

    l.c. in green ink: Touch = the = Clounds.

    l.l. to l.r. printed: JULIUS ULKE, 1877. WASH. , D.C.

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. to u.c. in ink: A Chief in full regalia \ Mrs. J. M. Lee. \ [in green ink] Touch-the-Clouds.

    c. printed logo: Julius Ulke, \ PHOTOGRAPHER \ Nos. 1109 & 1111 \ PENN. AVENUE \ WASHINGTON, D.C. \ 1877.

    l.c. in green ink: Particular friend of \ "Crazy Horse"

  • Collection Name

    Earl Alonzo Brininstool Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.46

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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