Albumen photograph printed on Kirkland’s Lithium Paper
12 in x 10 in framed / 30.5 x 25.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago, IL
This 1890s albumen portrait shows William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, in a formal profile view. By this period, Cody was already a major public figure associated with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and the popular image of the American frontier. The photograph was printed on Kirkland’s Lithium Paper in Cheyenne from a negative by C.H. Wells Company, Denver, giving the piece a clear Western photographic context.
The portrait is restrained and studio-like, focused on Cody’s profile, hair, and formal dress rather than theatrical costume. Its printed mount information adds useful documentary value, connecting the image to photographic production between Denver and Cheyenne. As a framed nineteenth-century portrait, it fits within American West photography, celebrity portraiture, and material connected to Buffalo Bill’s public image.
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Albumen photograph printed on Kirkland’s Lithium Paper
12 in x 10 in framed / 30.5 x 25.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago, IL
This 1890s albumen portrait shows William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, in a formal profile view. By this period, Cody was already a major public figure associated with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and the popular image of the American frontier. The photograph was printed on Kirkland’s Lithium Paper in Cheyenne from a negative by C.H. Wells Company, Denver, giving the piece a clear Western photographic context.
The portrait is restrained and studio-like, focused on Cody’s profile, hair, and formal dress rather than theatrical costume. Its printed mount information adds useful documentary value, connecting the image to photographic production between Denver and Cheyenne. As a framed nineteenth-century portrait, it fits within American West photography, celebrity portraiture, and material connected to Buffalo Bill’s public image.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
