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    English: Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt or hinmatóowyalahtq̓it) of the Nez Perce, photogravure.

    Dimensions:

    • Image: 39.7 × 28.1 cm (15 5/8 × 11 1/16")
    • Sheet: 56 × 46.6 cm (22 1/16 × 18 3/8")
    • Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")

    I believe this is the published form from The North American Indian, Portfolio VIII, Plate no. 256, 1911.

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    Source National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Author
    Photograph by
    Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952)  wikidata:Q433128
     
    Edward S. Curtis
    Alternative names
    Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
    Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director, screenwriter and ethnologist
    Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
    Location of birth/death Whitewater Edit this at Wikidata Los Angeles
    Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
    Work location
    United States; Seattle Edit this at Wikidata
    Authority file
    creator QS:P170,Q433128
    Photogravure by

    John Andrew & Son

    Restored by
    Adam Cuerden  
     
    Description British
    Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian
    As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
    Date of birth 8 June 1979
    Location of birth United States
    See file page for creator info.
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    Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce, an American Native American tribe in the Pacific Northwest

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