Sioux Scouts, North Dakota

c. 1870

D. F. Barry

Associated Names
David Francis Barry

Artist, American, 1854 - 1934

The image features two Native American men. One is sitting on horseback while the other stands beside the horse. The man on the horse is wearing traditional attire with detailed beadwork and a feathered headdress. The standing man is similarly dressed, wearing an ornate headpiece adorned with feathers. Both men have long hair and wear jewelry. The horse is saddled and decorated with beads. The background shows a vast, open grassland under a clear sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9.2 × 14.3 cm (3 5/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
    mount: 10.8 × 16.5 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.108.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, c. 1995); (Thomas Harris Early Photographs, New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

top left printed in brown ink perpendicular: D. F. BARRY,; bottom left: BISMARCK.; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: No. 65 Sioux Scouts; upper center printed in brown ink: D. F. BARRY, / PHOTOGRAPHER; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 131; lower left printed in brown ink: Bismarck,; lower right: North Dakota.; bottom center: PHOTOS OF ALL NOTED INDIANS. / CATALOGUES MAILED ON APPLICATION

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