Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: A Chief of the Desert – Navaho, plate #26
Date: 1904
Accession #: 2009.11.26
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Dimensions: sheet: 22 ¼ x 18 ¼ in., image: 15 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.
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: At the age of seventeen, Edward Curtis was hired at a photography store in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was here that he was given the training to professionally develop and print camera negatives. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)