Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Rosa Bonheur
1889
oil on canvas
18.5 × 15.25 in (47 × 38.7 cm)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Whitney Gallery of Western Art Collection
Accession number 8.66
Credit line Credit: Given in memory of William R. Coe and Mai Rogers Coe
Notes Display Label: Buffalo Bill enthralled Europeans with his Wild West exhibition when he took it to Paris in 1889. Bonheur visited the grounds of Cody's Wild West to sketch the exotic American animals and the Indian warriors with their families. Cody, in turn, accepted the invitation of Rosa Bonheur to visit her chateau in Fontainebleau where she painted this portrait. For Rosa Bonheur, Buffalo Bill embodied the freedom and independence of the United States
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