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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Custer's Crow Scouts
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Custer's Crow Scouts

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
CultureAmerican
Date1908
MediumPhotogravure on tissue paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (13.7 × 18.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 6 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (16.5 × 20 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 3/16 in. (40.6 × 43.7 cm)
InscribedPrinted, bottom right: CUSTER’S CROW SCOUTS; bottom middle: From Photograph Copyright 1908 E. J. Curtis
Credit LineGift of Linda and Michael McGraw
Object number2019.14.8
Not on view
DescriptionA sepia-toned image depicting three Native Americans on horseback, staring off into the distance. All three hold guns.
ProvenancePurchased by Mike and Linda McGraw, date unknown; gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2019.
Scanned from a slide by Adam Pape.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Edward Sheriff Curtis
ca. 1909
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ca. 1835-1840
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George E. Curtis
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George E. Curtis
ca. 1870s