Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: The Mountain-Sheep Hunter – Sioux, plate #110
Date: 1904
Accession #: 2009.11.110
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Dimensions: sheet: 18 3/8 x 22 1/4 in., image: 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 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: Although Curtis never found enough gold to solely live off of, he did always find enough to fuel his gold fever. With his new gold extracting invention, the Curtis Counter Current Concentrator machine, on hand, he returned to the gold mines for three seasons before giving up his dream of striking it rich. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)