Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and other Cherokee leaders.

[ca. 1865-1870.]

4 photographic prints : albumen, b & w ; 9.0 x 5.9 cm. on mounts 10.2 x 6.2 cm.

Manuscript captions on verso of the three photographs of Cherokee leaders.

Purchased from William Reese Company on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1999.

John Ross, first chief of the Cherokee Nation. Lewis Downing, second chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Photographs depicting Cherokee leaders: a head-and-shoulders portrait of John Ross, a half-length portrait of a uniformed Lewis Downing, and a full-length portrait of a uniformed "Captain in one of the Cherokee loyal Regiments." There is also a portrait of an unidentified bearded white officer in uniform by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries.

English

June 01, 2002

Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and Other Cherokee Leaders. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Cartes-de-visite of John Ross and Other Cherokee Leaders. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.