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The image shows a group of five men posing for a portrait. The front row contains three seated men, while the back row has two standing men with their hands on the shoulders of those seated. The seated men have long hair, dark coats, tribal blankets, and hats. The standing men have facial hair, one with a beard and the other with short hair. They wear suits and bow ties. The backdrop is plain and light-colored.
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The image shows a group of five men posing for a portrait. The front row contains three seated men, while the back row has two standing men with their hands on the shoulders of those seated. The seated men have long hair, dark coats, tribal blankets, and hats. The standing men have facial hair, one with a beard and the other with short hair. They wear suits and bow ties. The backdrop is plain and light-colored.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, and Antonio Zeno Shindler with Pueblo delegates Alejandro Padilla, Governor of Isleta, and Ambrosio Abeita, Ex-Governor of Isleta

Antonio Zeno Shindler

Date
1868
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 13.2 × 18.7 cm (5 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.) mount: 27.6 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.177.76
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Self-portrait
  • albumen silver print
  • Native American
  • Photographer
  • Washington, DC
  • Men
Provenance

(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower left in negative: 646

NGA object ID 217967. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.