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

Image: Besieged Cowboys

Woodblock engraved print, 28x41", group of cowboys on horse in center, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Calhoun Printing Company, Hartford, Conn., 1885. The scene is probably based upon a Remington composition

Title: Besieged Cowboys

Keywords: Vaqueros American Indians Cowboys

Publisher: Calhoun Printing Company, Hartford, Connecticut

Date: 1885

Type: Posters

Format: 28" x 41" woodblock engraved print

ID: wfc.img.pst.1.69.6148

Source: Buffalo Bill Online Archive MS6 William F. Cody Collection

Rights: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Gift of The Coe Foundation

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: Besieged Cowboys