Purchased from the estate of Vine Deloria on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Deloria, Vine
Subject (Topic):
Civil rights workers--United States--Archives, Indians of North America--Civil rights, Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc, Indians of North America--Politics and government, Posting signs & notices, and Signs & signboards
On title page: "A collection of original photographic prints of the battle, the leading participants on both sides, gathering and burial of the dead and the trial of Chief Plenty Horses."
Description:
Album consists of cabinet and boudoir cards of various sizes, on original mounts, bound together.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Big Foot, d. 1890
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians
and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
The Devil stands at the center of a mountain top with outstretched wings, dressed in lawyers wig and bands, but with horns on his head and feet with claws. On the left Fox kneels, eagerly receiving from Satan a dice box and dice, an allusion to his notorious gambling habit, while on the right Burke receives a scourge and rosary, a reference to his supposed Catholicism. A satire on the resignation of Fox and Burke after Shelburne's appointment.
Alternative Title:
Old-orthodox restoring consolation to his fallen children
Description:
Possible remnants of burnished imprint in lower right, with the publisher name "E. D'Achery" faintly visible., Printmaker and approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Catholicism., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Devil., and Gambling.