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Sitting Bull And Buffalo Bill
''Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill'' is a set of studio photographs of the Hunkpapa Lakota people, Lakota leader Sitting Bull and the entertainer Buffalo Bill, taken in Montreal in 1885. The session was held at the studio of William Notman during a North American tour of ''Buffalo Bill#Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Buffalo Bill's Wild West'', the Wild West show which enrolled Sitting Bull for a single season. The eight joint portraits of Sitting Bull and "Buffalo Bill" Cody were part of a commission for 47 photographs, which were printed and sold as cabinet cards during the tour. Nine years prior to the session, Sitting Bull and Cody both famously participated in the Great Sioux War of 1876 on opposite sides. For this reason, the most widely distributed of Notman's dual portraits was frequently captioned "Enemies in '76, Friends in '85". It shows Cody pointing to an imagined horizon as he and Sitting Bull jointly hold a Winchester rifle, Winchester rifle. They are dressed in their archet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Notman
William Notman (8 March 1826 – 25 November 1891) was a Scottish-Canadian photographer and businessman. The Notman House in Montreal was his home from 1876 until his death in 1891, and it has since been named after him. Notman was the first photographer in Canada to achieve international recognition. Biography Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1826. He received a decent education, which included lessons in painting and drawing. He moved to Montreal in the summer of 1856. An amateur photographer, he quickly established a flourishing professional photography studio on Bleury Street, a location close to Montreal's central commercial district, where he attracted clients who were members of the political and business elite. His first important commission was the documentation of the construction of the Victoria Bridge across the St. Lawrence River. The bridge opened with great fanfare in 1860, attended by the Prince of Wales and Notman's camera. The gift to the prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
