Ta-Ka-Ko-Grey Fox, Chief of the Sacs and Foxes

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Artist Julian Vannerson(American, 1827–after 1875)American, 1827–after 1875

CultureAmerican

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Ta-Ka-Ko-Grey Fox, Chief of the Sacs and Foxes

Date1857

MediumSalted paper print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.9 × 14.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.9 × 14.7 cm)
Mount: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.4 × 25.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Endowment

Object number2020.132

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Photography

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ProvenanceVictor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"The Photograph and the American Indian," 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

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