Seated Portrait of 'Windy Horse'

The sitter, identified in period pencil as Windy Horse, is presented in a formal studio carte-de-visite by the Nebraska photographer W. R. Cross. This card originates from a series of portraits Cross supplied from the New Spotted Tail Agency during the late 1870s. It is a direct companion piece to the gallery’s holding of Milk, sharing the same photographer, mount style, and circulation among a group of Northern Plains sitters.