Silver print
17 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in framed / 44.5 x 22.2 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago
This silver print portrait shows William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, one of the best-known figures connected to the public image of the American West. By 1900, Cody’s identity had become closely tied to performance, frontier memory, and the popular presentation of Western history through Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. The portrait format presents him not in action, but as a formal public figure.
The image is softly rendered, with the sitter shown in profile and framed by a controlled studio-style composition. The silver print process gives the portrait a smooth tonal range suited to turn-of-the-century photographic presentation. As a framed portrait, it belongs within American West material, celebrity photography, and the visual culture surrounding frontier-era public figures.
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Silver print
17 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in framed / 44.5 x 22.2 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago
This silver print portrait shows William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, one of the best-known figures connected to the public image of the American West. By 1900, Cody’s identity had become closely tied to performance, frontier memory, and the popular presentation of Western history through Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. The portrait format presents him not in action, but as a formal public figure.
The image is softly rendered, with the sitter shown in profile and framed by a controlled studio-style composition. The silver print process gives the portrait a smooth tonal range suited to turn-of-the-century photographic presentation. As a framed portrait, it belongs within American West material, celebrity photography, and the visual culture surrounding frontier-era public figures.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
