Copy of Horatio B. King photograph of Seth Eastman on Dighton Rock
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R81-11
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy print possibly made by Christie's East in New York, NY, circa 1980.
name: label: Creator
content: King, Horatio B.
label: Names
content: Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875
place: label: Place
content: Massachusetts
label: Place
content: Dighton Rock (Mass.)
creator: label: Creator
content: King, Horatio B.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Seth Eastman (1808-1875) was an army officer who also made paintings, drawings, and sketches of American Indians and fortifications. While on detail with the Office of Indian Affairs, he was commissioned to prepare illustrations for Henry Rowe Schoolcraftsʹ book, "Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States." In 1853 Eastman traveled to New England to explore ancient sites, during which he collaborated with Horatio King, a daguerreotypist with a studio in Taunton, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Copy print
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1853
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Copy print donated by Dale W. Stulz, Vice President of 19th and 20th Century Photographs, through Ives Goddard and William Fitzhugh, in 1980.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R81-11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Original in J. Paul Getty Museum, R. Bruce Duncan Collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Copy print of a daguerreotype depicting Seth Eastman seated on an inscribed rock, Dighton Rock, in Massachusetts on July 7, 1853.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Originals and copies of Seth Eastman's artwork can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 1671, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 78, and the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Records relating to an exhibition of Seth Eastman's artwork can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA Acc. 97-004.