William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Buffalo Bill in the Limelight

Frederic Remington had a long association with his friend, William F. Cody. He visited Cody's Wild West exhibitions on a number of occasions, using the visits to sketch western subjects. Remington produced this painting along with several other illustrations for the biography of Cody, Last of the Great Scouts, written by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore in 1899.

Title: Buffalo Bill in the Limelight

Creator: Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

Keywords: Native Americans Profile Arenas

Date: 1899

Type: Visual Art

ID: wfc.img.va.23.71

Source: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming; Gift of The Coe Foundation, H.P. Skoglund, Ernest Goppert, Sr. and John S. Bugas, 23.71

Rights: Buffalo Bill Center of the West

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

The William F. Cody Archive, Buffalo Bill Center of the West and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published under a Creative Commons License.

The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Buffalo Bill in the Limelight