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| Legends
of the West: Sacagawea
Acrylic on canvas affixed to board
Artist: Mark
Hess
Art director: Richard Sheaff
First day of issue: October 18, 1994
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Like all artists who seek to portray Sacagawea, Mark
Hess had room to be creative, but he made sure he was
well informed about Lewis and Clark’s interpreter.
He researched earlier portraits and sculptures of her,
studied the earliest photographs of Shoshone women,
and modeled Sacagawea’s clothing on artifacts
from the period.
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