Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Reverend T. Marten, Malmsbury Wiltshire, England
Object Number:
1937.322
Date:
1830
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, and graphite with touches of metallic pigment on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. ( 10 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: Inscribed on reverse
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed and signed in black ink: "Rev T Marten / Malmsbury / Wiltshire / England"; below in brown wash: "n by Rev John Mill / f 1830 (margins cut)'; below in graphite: "Rector of Christ church"
Description:
Portrait of man with black hair in black suit with gold fob and open book. Inscribed on reverse: "Rev T Marten/Malmsbury/Wiltshire/England/by Rev John Mill/1830/Rector of Christ Church"
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Provenance:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
