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Untitled, page number 21, from the Arrow’s Elk Society Ledger
Artist / Origin: Arrow (Elk Society), Cheyenne (active 19th century), Central Plains
Region: North America
Date: ca. 1875
Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE
Material: Graphite and colored pencil on ledger paper
Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography
Dimensions: H: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.), W: 14 ¾ in. (37 cm.)
Location: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Credit: Courtesy of the Hood Museum of Art; gift of Mark Lansburgh, Class of 1949, in honor of James Wright, President of Dartmouth College
The Triumph of Juliers from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle
Artist / Origin: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
Region: Europe
Date: 1622–25
Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE
Material: Oil on canvas
Medium: Painting
Dimensions: H: 12.9 ft. (3.94 m.), W: 9.68 ft. (2.95 m.)
Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Credit: Courtesy of Giraudon/Bridgeman Art Library
Art can be used to tell the history of countries, communities, or institutions. It can also serve biographical or autobiographical purposes, relating the life story of an individual in order to teach a lesson, commemorate that person’s accomplishments, or assert the subject’s claims to a certain title or position. The Cheyenne ledger drawing and the image from the Medici series seen here offer two examples of ways that such imagery has been approached by different individuals to fulfill their personal aims.