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Publisher: National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives

Henry Wood Elliott: An American Artist in Alaska view detail comment email this

Illustrated essay about Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930), remembered in history as "an eccentric character who helped save the Alaska fur seals from probable extinction, but [who] was also one of the first American artists to work in Alaska." Discusses his stereotypical depiction of Native Alaskans such as Tlingit Indians and Aleutian fishermen. Includes a brief bibliography. From the Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives; originally printed in the Arctic Studies Center Newsletter.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/features/elliott.htm
Topics: Art by Region

Last updated Oct 28, 2008





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