Portrait of a Native American Woman

c. 1864

Manville & Schroeder

Associated Names
Manville & Schroeder

Artist, American, active 1860s

The image features a standing person in colorful clothing with unique facial paint. They are near a decorative chair and have short dark hair. They are wearing jewelry and have a pointed ring on one hand. The setting includes a geometric tiled floor and textured walls in the background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael J. McAfee Collection; (Thomas Harris Early Photographs, New York), c. 2019; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: MJ; center printed in black ink: MANVILLE & SCHROEDER / Photographers, / GREEN BAY, WIS. / Negatives Preserved.


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