Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill / A Sioux Chief. ca. 1910.

Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 13 7/8 x 40 7/8 in./35.2 x 104 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at edges.
Printer: Russell-Morgan, Cincinnati
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Key Words: Wild West; American; Animals

Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill / A Sioux Chief. ca. 1910.
Though unnamed, this stately portrait is surely of Iron Tail, who was the principal Indian in Buffalo Bill's Wild West—and later on, in the combined shows with Pawnee Bill. "Iron Tail is one of the few Indians who was individually featured in posters of the Wild West. When he joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1901, Enquirer featured him in several of their posters; subsequently Russell-Morgan portrayed him in handsome lithographs during the Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill partnership..." (Buffalo Bill, p. 14). Rare!