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Monarch of the Plains

Scope and Content Notes

Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze ashtray. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'The buffalo was a favorite subject, frequently modelled, sketched and painted by Russell. The artist hired out as a cowboy to work the last great roundup of these animals for shipment to a Canadian reservation. This model was completed by Russell, in wax, in the last year of his life--1926.'

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Title(s): 
Monarch of the Plains
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1926
Materials/Techniques: 
gelatin silver process
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa
Accession No: 
TU2009.39.7659.17
Previous Number(s): 
D.5.2331; 47188; D.5.2331 (Colorado Springs number)
Department: 
Not On View

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