Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: A Comanche Mother, plate #685
Date: n.d.
Accession #: 2009.11.685
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Acquired by: Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, an Iowa general partnership, consisting of Dr. Darryl K. Mozena, Jeffrey P. Mozena, Mark Falb, Timothy J. Conlon, and Dr. Randy Lengeling
Interesting fact about the Photographer: Close to the town of Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis was born in 1868 to Johnson Asahel Curtis and Ellen Sheriff Curtis. He was the second oldest child out of four children. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)