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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
The Scout Buffalo Bill, Hon. W. F. Cody, by Paul Frenzeny
Paul Frenzeny · The Scout Buffalo Bill, 1880
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph of William F. Cody as The Scout Buffalo Bill, drawn by Paul Frenzeny and printed by the Forbes Co., Boston and New York. The record dates it between 1872 and 1890.
Why it matters
Cody began performing at twenty-three and founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883; this billing calls him a scout and an Honourable.
What to notice
'Hon. W. F. Cody' on the sheet: the showman claiming the dignity of office.
The frontier, turned into a stage name.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Paul Frenzeny
- Printer / house
- Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y.
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- The Scout Buffalo Bill, 1880
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 99401036
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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