Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud), Oglala Lakota Chief (Sioux)
- Title:
- Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud), Oglala Lakota Chief (Sioux)
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Gardner, Alexander
- Creation Date:
- 1872
- ID Number:
- REX009_018
- File Name:
- REX009_018.tif
- Transcription:
- Text below image reads: A. Gardner. Washington, D.C. Ma-kpe-ah-lou-tah, (Red Cloud), Great Chief of the D'Acotahs. Photographed for Trustees of Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England.
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- portraits
commercial photography - Measurement:
- 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 (inches, height x width)
- Description:
- Oval-shaped portrait of Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud), gazing directly into the camera. He has medium dark skin, and is lit brightly from the left, his expression is serious and his face is lined around the mouth and above the nose. His long dark hair is parted in the middle and cascades over his shoulders. He's wearing a dark suit and a white cravat, and has his right hand across his chest near the bottom of the image. The oval of image is atop a printed mat and frame with title below.
- Notes:
- Mounted albumen print; one of a series of plates featuring portraits of Dakota chiefs by Gardner.
- Cite As:
- Gardner, Alexander, and William Henry Jackson. Photographs of Red Cloud and Principal Chiefs of Dacotah Indians: Taken on Their Visit to Washington, D.C., May, 1872. Washington: Gibson Bros., 1872.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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