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View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
Artist/Maker: Charles Magnus & Company

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Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow

Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
Title
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
Date 
1859
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Albert Bierstadt
Medium 
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
Dimensions 
Overall: 13 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (35.2 x 47.9 cm)
Description 
Half figures
Credit Line 
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number 
1941.1209
Marks 
Signed: at lower right: "A. Bierstadt."
Inscriptions 
Signed at lower right in oil: "ABierstadt"; sitters identified from left to right: "Pangwetiekig[?] / Fish Enler [?]"; "Kaniac"; "Barbage"
Provenance