Ho-con-ja-gab Moche he (Thunder Cloud.), No. 480 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians"
1870/1908
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.9 × 7.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.); Card: 8.9 × 17.6 cm (3 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198451
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th-century America with *Ho-con-ja-gab M he (Thunder Cloud.),. 480 from the "Among the Winneb Indians"* by Henry Hamilton Bennett. This intimate portrait captures a member of the Ho-ChunkWinnebago) tribe known as Thunder Cloud, likely posed in traditional attire amid the scenic Wisconsin Dells. Created between1870 and 1908, it reflects Bennett's mastery as a pioneering landscape and ethnographic photographer, whose studio in Kilbourn (now Wisconsin Dells) churned out thousands of images that brought the American Midwest to living rooms nationwide. The artwork is a ste...
About the Artist
Henry Hamilton Bennett · 1843–1908
Henry Hamilton Bennett (1843–1908) was a pioneering American photographer whose breathtaking images of the Wisconsin Dells transformed a rugged river gorge into one of the nation's premier tourist destinations. Born in Farnham, Quebec, Canada, on January 15, 1843, Bennett moved with his family to Brattleboro, Vermont, before settling in Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells), Wisconsin, in 1857 at ag...