Backwoods Rambling

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Mine Road Rambling

R.I.P Mordecai Myers

".......Wearing and displaying easily visible colors and reflectors is important in ensuring you can been seen."

Zuma rides always end with coffee

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Thundercloud Part One

Born in Canada in 1856 to a French father and a Blackfoot mother; Dominic Plante was better known as Chief Thundercloud.

During the French and Indian War, Thundercloud served as a scout for the U.S. Army. He also traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody in his Wild West Show.

Western artist Frederick Remington used Thundercloud as a model for a series of illustrations of the Blackfoot and Crow Nation.

A series of photo postcards was also produced.

I found these two online:

I am proud to own this one:

Other Thundercloud depictions:

Artist Eulabee Dix (1878–1961) in 1901 for a miniature watercolor on ivory that now resides in the Smithsonian.

(From the National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institute)

Artist F.C. Stahr in 1899.

This original etching is listed on Ebay right now for $5,250-LINK

Engravers never name a specific model for their work unless it's a president. Engravers always claim it's a composite of several different people or simply a generic image that graces our coins.

Does that profile look familiar?

PART 2 TO FOLLOW

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