Otto Mears with Ute Treaty Delegation

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Artist Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821–1882)American, born Scotland, 1821–1882

CultureAmerican

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Otto Mears with Ute Treaty Delegation

DateMarch 1880

MediumPanorama of 4 albumen silver prints from glass negatives

DimensionsImage: 6 1/16 × 26 7/16 in. (15.4 × 67.2 cm)
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 26 7/16 in. (15.4 × 67.2 cm)
Mount (at open): 9 1/16 × 27 7/16 in. (23 × 69.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Victor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack

Object number2020.129

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ProvenanceVictor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack, New York; given to MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"The Photograph and the American Indian," at Princeton University Library, September 5, 1985–January 12, 1986.

"Paper Promises: Early American Photography," J. Paul Getty Museum, February 27–May 27, 2018.
Published References Alfred L. Bush and Lee Clark Mitchell, "The Photograph and the American Indian," Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. Mazie M. Harris, "Paper Promises: Early American Photography," Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink on mount below photograph: 1 Galota. 2 Otto Mears. 3. Savero. 4. Shavanaux. 5. Col. H. Page. 6 JocknicK. 7 Ignatio. 8 Hon. C. Schurz. 9 Woretsiz. 10 Ouray. 11 Genl. Chas. Adams. 12 Chipeta. 13 Oho Blanco. 14. W. H. Berry. 15 Tapuch. 16 Capt Jack. 17. Tim Johnson. 18 Sowerwick. 19 Henry Jim. 20. Buckskin Charley/ 21 Wass. 22. Wm. Burns 23. Alhandra. [numbers corresponding to ink-inscribed numbers on the photograph]
Inscribed in ink on mount, bottom center:
Taken in Washington D.C. 1878. When
Otto Mears (2) was appointed
special commissioner to make treaty with Ute Indians

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