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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Pair of Comanche Portraits. Cambridge: Suffolk Engraving Company, ca. 1927. Original photogravures; one on Dutch Van Gelder paper; the other on Japanese vellum. Curtis’s credit, photograph’s date, title, plate number, and printmaker’s credit recto. Plates 686 (Comanche) and 684 (Uwat - Comanche) in Curtis’s Portfolio 19, “The North American Indian, Vol. 19. The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote cult.” Images 15 ½ x 11 ½”; sheets 21 ¾ x 17 ¾”. Evidence of ghosting on verso of 686. Both: deckle edges; slight toning; some discoloration and minor spots. Images are clean and present well, in very good condition.