Call NumberNS-104Datecirca 1885SummaryWilliam Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with flowers and thigh boots. The two men hold the end of a rifle propped on its end in front of them. Cody holds his right hand up to point towards something they both look toward. A landscape scene is painted on the backdrop behind the two men. Sitting Bull appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 33 x 25 cm (13 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105104Type of MaterialPhotographic printsPortrait photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesCorners of photoprint have small holes; lower left corner is torn. See also "NS-39" and "NS-196."; Title typed on photoprint. R7001051046
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