The Complex Legacy of Native American Ledger Drawings
James Adams from the Globe and Mail reviews the complicated legacy of Native American Ledger Drawings on view at TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary
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Ledger Drawing
anonymous artist
Sheridan Ledger Book
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
Sheridan Ledger Book
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
ca. 1885
graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 5 ¼"
width: 11 ¾"
Inventory # P4048b
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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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