Charles Milton Bell
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
  • Hinmatóowyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph)
DateJanuary 1879
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 16 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (43 × 25 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (43 × 25 cm)
Mount: 21 15/16 × 14 in. (55.7 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Endowment
Object number2020.119
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceVictor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink on applied circular label, mount recto, lower right: 576 [underlined] // 2
[no verso inscriptions]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

[Navajo Delegation in Washington, D.C.]
Charles Milton Bell
1874
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.300
Wichita, Apache, Kiowa and Comanche Delegation to Washington, D.C.
Charles Milton Bell
1880
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2020.121
Crow Delegation to Washington, D.C.
Charles Milton Bell
April or May 1880
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2020.120
Ponca Delegation to Washington, D.C.
Charles Milton Bell
November 14, 1877
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2020.131
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Edward Sheriff Curtis
November 21, 1903
Platinum print
2020.126
Marie Delahaye
Charles Delahaye
c. 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.368
Pifferari
Charles Nègre
1853
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.624
Rue du Cloitre-Notre Dame
Charles Marville
1862–1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.590
Le Nil, Jardin des Tuileries
Charles Nègre
1859
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.626
Cocoa Tree, Ceylon
Charles T. Scowen
c. 1880
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2019.420
Rue Boucher de la Rue du Rivoli
Charles Marville
1865–1868
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.594
Impasse des Provencaux
Charles Marville
1865–1868
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.591