Photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Studio portrait photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates to the United States created by the photographic studio of Jeremiah Gurney & Son in New York City, New York, June 1871, for the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England.
Description:
"For the trustees of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury." Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions. Blank versos.
Photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Studio portrait photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates to the United States created by the photographic studio of Jeremiah Gurney & Son in New York City, New York, June 1871, for the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England.
Description:
"For the trustees of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury." Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions. Blank versos.
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
Container / Volume:
Box 4 | Folder 131
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
A view of the forested land which comprises the watershed of the South Fork of the American River.
Description:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River ( and In ink verso: ""Carson Spur"" and watershed of / South Fork of Am - River / Photo taken from Carson Pass / California / Sept. 1934. Stamped verso: 001.
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 7
Image Count:
1
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --Pictorial works., Interior architecture., Milling-machines., Mills and mill-work --California., Miners, and Persons.
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.