H69.459.531

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Andrew J. Russell

Sick Squaw and Medicine Man

circa 1869

glass

3.3125 HIGH x 3.25 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(8.41 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.531

inscription: "581 Sedgwick, [written upside down]" handwritten in ink at bottom center and bottom left on lantern slide edge.

Tag words:

man
medicine man
native american
tent
woman

History

"Sedgwick #581" sick squaw and medicine man. Old number Russell negative number. See donor file.

"Sick Squaw and Medicine Man" title per Glenn Willumson for NEA Russell Grant, July 2013 - June 2015. Titles derived from the lists on the verso of Russell stereographs published after his return to New York in fall 1869.

This work (by Andrew J. Russell), identified by Oakland Museum of California, is free of known copyright restrictions.

Used: Stephen J. Sedgwick

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