EDWARD S. CURTIS. The Scout - Apsaroke, 1908. 7.3x5.3" image on 9x5.9" copper plate. Plate date 1909. From Volume 4, The Apsaroke, or Crows and the Hidatsa, of The North American Indian. Engraved on plate recto: The Scout - Apsaroke / From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E.S. Curtis.

Curtis spent much of his time collecting history including the role of the Indian scout both for the tribe and at times for the White Man.

Between 1898 and 1928 working in collaboration with many tribal members Curtis created an ethno-historical account combined with photographic notions of character portraiture, environmental portraiture, and classical romanticism as well as straight documentary views. He published 20 octavo volumes with around 75 prints per volume each accompanied with a larger portfolio of usually 36 hand pulled photogravures. The North America Indian (1906-1928) is considered the most lavish and elegantly illustrated set of photographic books ever produced.

Very Good. Minor scratches, tarnish, dents, abrasions, small dark spots, and ink residue throughout plate surface.