Praying for rain
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Research CatalogImage ID
807293
Item data
Title
Praying for rain
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Indians -- North America -- Southwest -- 1800s
Names
Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1895
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-S-18
Subjects
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- 1800-1899
Rites & ceremonies -- Southwest, New -- 1800-1899
Indians of North America -- Men -- Southwest, New -- 1800-1899
Indians of North America -- Spiritual life -- Southwest, New -- 1800-1899
Indians of North America -- Women -- Southwest, New -- 1800-1899
Prayer -- 1800-1899
Genres
Notes
Content: Illegible monogram printed on image (lower right corner).
Source Note: Canyons of the Colorado. (Meadville, Pennsylvania : Flood Vincent, 1895) Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902), Author.
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Red ink stain on image.
Extent: 1 print : b ; 12 x 14 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17620583
Barcode: 33333159346291
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e8bbf80-c555-012f-51b2-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1895
Cite this item
MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Praying for rain" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e8bbf80-c555-012f-51b2-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1895). Praying for rain Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e8bbf80-c555-012f-51b2-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Praying for rain" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e8bbf80-c555-012f-51b2-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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