Charles Milton Bell
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

ArtistAmerican, 1848–1893
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

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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]

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