Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and other Cherokee leaders

Description

Title: Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and other Cherokee leaders
Published / Created: [ca. 1865-1870.]
Abstract: Photographs depicting Cherokee leaders: a head-and-shoulders portrait of John Ross, a half-length portrait of a uniformed Lewis Downing, and a full-length portrait of a uniformed "Captain in one of the Cherokee loyal Regiments." There is also a portrait of an unidentified bearded white officer in uniform by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries
Description: John Ross, first chief of the Cherokee Nation. Lewis Downing, second chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Manuscript captions on verso of the three photographs of Cherokee leaders.
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Company on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1999.
Extent: 4 photographic prints : 9.0 x 5.9 cm. on mounts 10.2 x 6.2 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 252
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Genre: Portraits
Pictorial works
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Photographic prints
Material: albumen, b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Name): Downing, Lewis
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Subject (Topic): History
Participation, Indian
Cherokee Indians
Indians of North America
Subjects: Downing, Lewis > Portraits
Ross, John, 1790-1866 > Portraits
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Indian > Portraits
Cherokee Indians > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Portraits

Access: Public
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Citation: Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and Other Cherokee Leaders. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.