Ledger Drawings at the Fairfield University Art Museum
The New Haven Register reviews Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians, an exhibition organized by the Fairfield University Art Museum in collaboration with Donald Ellis Gallery
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Ledger Drawing
anonymous artist
Sheridan Ledger Book (pg. 13)
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
Sheridan Ledger Book (pg. 13)
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
ca. 1885
graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 5 ¼"
width: 11 ¾"
Inventory # P4048t
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Provenance
Collected at Camp Supply, Oklahoma, in the 1880’s, by John L. Sheridan (1837-1898), a lawyer and certified land registrar, and brother of General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888), who led military campaigns against Southern Plains Indian and other tribes.
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