1880 NATIVE AMERICAN SIOUX INDIAN CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE PORTRAIT PHOTO By BARRY
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:24517791 | Original/Reprint: Original Print |
| Tribal Affiliation: Sioux | Original/Reproduction: Original |
Very rare and original, 1880's Portrait Photograph of the Native American Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux Indian Chief Rain-In-The-Face (Iromagaja) - a warrior at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and purported by some to have killed both Thomas and George Armstrong Custer during the fight - by the iconic Western Photographer D. F. Barry.
This fantastic Silver Gelatin Photo carries the embossed mark of the famous Dakota Territory and Wisconsin photographer David F. Bar...ry.
The photograph is a full length, seated portrait of the proud Sioux Chief wearing two coup feather and displaying an 1873 Winchester repeating Rifle. The Image measures approx. 5” by 7" and carries the blind stamped / embossed mark of the photographer - “Copyright By D. F. Barry” as well a label on the verso of Barry’s Superior, Wisconsin Studio. The portrait was likely originally taken when Barry at his Studio in Dakota Territory and printed after he moved to West Superior.
Rain-in-the-Face (Iromagaja; Lakota: Ite Omagazu) (c. 1835 – September 15, 1905) was a war chief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Born in the Dakota Territory near the forks of the Cheyenne River about 1835, Rain-in-the-Face was from the Hunkpapa band within the Lakota nation. His name may have been a result of a fight when he was a boy in which his face was splattered like rain with his Cheyenne adversary's blood (although other tales of it origin exist). Late in his life, the chief related that the name was reinforced by an incident when he was a young man where he was in a battle in a heavy rainstorm with a band of Gros Ventres. At the end of the lengthy combat, his face was streaked with war paint.
He first fought against the whites in the summer of 1866 when he participated in a raid against Fort Totten in what is now North Dakota. In 1868, he again fought the U.S. Army in the Fetterman massacre near Fort Phil Kearny in present-day Wyoming. He again was on the warpath in 1873 when he took part in the Battle of Honsinger Bluff where he ambushed and killed an army veterinarian Dr. John Honsinger, an army Private and another civilian near present day Miles City, Montana. He returned to the Standing Rock Reservation, but was arrested by Captain Thomas Custer in 1874 on orders of General George A. Custer for the murder of Honsinger. He was taken to Fort Abraham Lincoln and incarcerated. However, he escaped (or was freed by sympathetic Indian policemen) and returned to the reservation, then fled to the Powder River. In the spring of 1876, he joined Sitting Bull's band and traveled with him to the Little Big Horn River in early June.
During the subsequent fighting at the Battle of Little Big Horn on Custer Hill on June 25, 1876, Rain-in-the-Face is alleged to have cut the heart out of Thomas Custer, a feat that was popularized by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Revenge of Rain in the Face". According to the dubious legend, Rain-in-the-Face was fulfilling a vow of vengeance because he thought Captain Thomas Custer had unjustly imprisoned him in 1874. Some contemporary accounts also claimed that the war chief had personally dispatched George Custer as well, but in the confused fighting, a number of similar claims have been attributed to other warriors. Late in his life, in a conversation with writer Charles Eastman, Rain-in-the-Face denied killing George Custer or mutilating Tom Custer.
Rain-in-the-Face died in his home at the Bullhead Station on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota after a lengthy illness. On his deathbed he reputedly confessed to a missionary that he thought that he might have killed Custer, shooting him from so close as to leave powder marks upon his face.
This very rare and highly sought after D. F. Barry Portrait Photo of Rain-In-The-Face is in excellent condition - clean and crisp and exceptionally well preserved. The Photograph exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. The Image is simply stunningly beautiful and with a quality matting and framing will make a fantastic display piece.
A very rare and important Native American Sioux Indian Portrait Photograph of Chief Rain In The Face by D. F. Barry and a fantastic addition to any collection!!!
The photographer, David Frances Barry was born near Rochester, New York on March 6, 1854. His family moved west in 1861 to Wisconsin. Around 1870 Barry worked carrying water for an itinerant photographer named O. S. Goff, a relationship that was to be reestablished a few years later. Not much is known of Barry's life from 1870 until Goff hired him in 1878 to help him in his gallery in Bismarck, D.T. Here, Barry learned the finer points of photography and became Goff's apprentice, business partner, and employee.
Between 1878 and 1883, Barry traveled to Fort Buford, Fort Yates, and other forts in the Dakota Territory. He went as far north as Fort Assinnaboine in Montana. For these trips he used a portable photographic studio in which he took most of his portraits. He photographed famous Native American chiefs, warriors, scouts, and women including Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, Gall, Red Cloud, and Shooting Star. Barry also photographed some of the most important forts and battlefields of the Plains Wars, military officers including General George A. Crook, soldiers, trappers, and pioneers. In 1883 Barry returned to Bismarck where he operated a studio and gallery. He established a friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody and photographed members of his Wild West Show.
This photo was likely taken at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation or at Barry’s Studio sometime around 1883.Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.
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This fantastic Silver Gelatin Photo carries the embossed mark of the famous Dakota Territory and Wisconsin photographer David F. Bar...ry.
The photograph is a full length, seated portrait of the proud Sioux Chief wearing two coup feather and displaying an 1873 Winchester repeating Rifle. The Image measures approx. 5” by 7" and carries the blind stamped / embossed mark of the photographer - “Copyright By D. F. Barry” as well a label on the verso of Barry’s Superior, Wisconsin Studio. The portrait was likely originally taken when Barry at his Studio in Dakota Territory and printed after he moved to West Superior.
Rain-in-the-Face (Iromagaja; Lakota: Ite Omagazu) (c. 1835 – September 15, 1905) was a war chief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Born in the Dakota Territory near the forks of the Cheyenne River about 1835, Rain-in-the-Face was from the Hunkpapa band within the Lakota nation. His name may have been a result of a fight when he was a boy in which his face was splattered like rain with his Cheyenne adversary's blood (although other tales of it origin exist). Late in his life, the chief related that the name was reinforced by an incident when he was a young man where he was in a battle in a heavy rainstorm with a band of Gros Ventres. At the end of the lengthy combat, his face was streaked with war paint.
He first fought against the whites in the summer of 1866 when he participated in a raid against Fort Totten in what is now North Dakota. In 1868, he again fought the U.S. Army in the Fetterman massacre near Fort Phil Kearny in present-day Wyoming. He again was on the warpath in 1873 when he took part in the Battle of Honsinger Bluff where he ambushed and killed an army veterinarian Dr. John Honsinger, an army Private and another civilian near present day Miles City, Montana. He returned to the Standing Rock Reservation, but was arrested by Captain Thomas Custer in 1874 on orders of General George A. Custer for the murder of Honsinger. He was taken to Fort Abraham Lincoln and incarcerated. However, he escaped (or was freed by sympathetic Indian policemen) and returned to the reservation, then fled to the Powder River. In the spring of 1876, he joined Sitting Bull's band and traveled with him to the Little Big Horn River in early June.
During the subsequent fighting at the Battle of Little Big Horn on Custer Hill on June 25, 1876, Rain-in-the-Face is alleged to have cut the heart out of Thomas Custer, a feat that was popularized by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Revenge of Rain in the Face". According to the dubious legend, Rain-in-the-Face was fulfilling a vow of vengeance because he thought Captain Thomas Custer had unjustly imprisoned him in 1874. Some contemporary accounts also claimed that the war chief had personally dispatched George Custer as well, but in the confused fighting, a number of similar claims have been attributed to other warriors. Late in his life, in a conversation with writer Charles Eastman, Rain-in-the-Face denied killing George Custer or mutilating Tom Custer.
Rain-in-the-Face died in his home at the Bullhead Station on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota after a lengthy illness. On his deathbed he reputedly confessed to a missionary that he thought that he might have killed Custer, shooting him from so close as to leave powder marks upon his face.
This very rare and highly sought after D. F. Barry Portrait Photo of Rain-In-The-Face is in excellent condition - clean and crisp and exceptionally well preserved. The Photograph exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. The Image is simply stunningly beautiful and with a quality matting and framing will make a fantastic display piece.
A very rare and important Native American Sioux Indian Portrait Photograph of Chief Rain In The Face by D. F. Barry and a fantastic addition to any collection!!!
The photographer, David Frances Barry was born near Rochester, New York on March 6, 1854. His family moved west in 1861 to Wisconsin. Around 1870 Barry worked carrying water for an itinerant photographer named O. S. Goff, a relationship that was to be reestablished a few years later. Not much is known of Barry's life from 1870 until Goff hired him in 1878 to help him in his gallery in Bismarck, D.T. Here, Barry learned the finer points of photography and became Goff's apprentice, business partner, and employee.
Between 1878 and 1883, Barry traveled to Fort Buford, Fort Yates, and other forts in the Dakota Territory. He went as far north as Fort Assinnaboine in Montana. For these trips he used a portable photographic studio in which he took most of his portraits. He photographed famous Native American chiefs, warriors, scouts, and women including Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, Gall, Red Cloud, and Shooting Star. Barry also photographed some of the most important forts and battlefields of the Plains Wars, military officers including General George A. Crook, soldiers, trappers, and pioneers. In 1883 Barry returned to Bismarck where he operated a studio and gallery. He established a friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody and photographed members of his Wild West Show.
This photo was likely taken at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation or at Barry’s Studio sometime around 1883.Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.
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ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 22+ years!!
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