Call NumberNS-495Datecirca 1892SummaryWilliam Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat adorned with tassles and beads. He also wears thigh boots, reportedly specially made by J. Neary of North Platte, Nebraska, for Cody's appearance in England. A Native American man is on horseback in the left background. He carries a spear and wears a breastplate, possibly made from bone.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 7 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105495Type of MaterialPhotographic printsPortrait photographsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 2 (A.R. Dresser photographs)Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesAt the Wild West Earl's Court with a crouch hand camera during July, August and September 1892. BÌ€uffalo Bill's Show.' Presented to Nat Salisbury Esq for use of the staff with A.R. Dressers Compliments Springfield Bexley Heath. Kent, England Oct. 1892 handwritten on first page of album. Edges of album sheet are deteriorating. Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-496," "NS-497" and "NS- 498."; Subseries title taken from album cover. Title supplied by cataloger. Vintage photographic print. R7001054955
