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Series Title: The North American Indian: being a series of Portfolios picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska

Portfolio XIII, Plate 463: Crater Lake

1923

Edward S. Curtis

(American, 1868–1952)
published by

The University Press

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America
Medium
photogravure
Credit Line
Presented by Mrs. James H. Hoyt, Elton Hoyt, II, and Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather in memory of James H. Hoyt 1995.203.33.28
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A horizontal sepia photogravure depicts a figure in profile seated on a textured, jagged rocky ledge to our left. Wearing an elaborate feathered headdress and fringed buckskin, they gaze across a vast, smooth lake toward rugged, hazy mountains with pale snow patches. The top left corner is marked "Plate 469," and the bottom left reads "CRATER LAKE." Soft focus and warm, muted tones define the composition's expansive, tranquil atmosphere.

Portfolio XIII, Plate 463: Crater Lake

1923

Edward S. Curtis, The University Press

(American, 1868–1952)
America

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