This is an original silver gelatin albumen image of a Lakota Sioux Warrior dating to circa 1887 from the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in England by photographer Geoffrey Duncan. The image shows a fantastic portrait of a Lakota Sioux Warrior wearing a fully beaded vest with feathers in his hair, hanging metal bead strand from his hair with quillwork wrappings, and bone or shell concho medallion around his neck. The image is clear and one of the only known examples of it. Geoffrey Duncan has been documented as doing studio work for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show during their 1887 Britian tour with this being correctly marked on the back, “Day and Electric Light Studio Children a Specialty Geoffrey Duncan Photographic Artist 40, Lillie Rd Earls Court S.W. Business Hours 9 till 6. Wednesday 9-12. Sundays 2-5. Closed all Bank Holidays Sitting after 6 p.m. By appointment only.” The top is marked in pencil “With Buffalo Bill’s Wild West # 159”. There are several images documented as Buffalo Bil’s Wild West Show by Geoffrey Duncan. In 1887, Buffalo Bill and an entourage of 100 whites, 97 Indians, 180 horses, 18 buffalo, 10 elk, 5 Texan steers, 4 donkeys and 2 deer traveled to England to help celebrate the Jubilee Year of Queen Victoria. In addition to staging twice-a-day shows during a five-month stay in London for crowds that averaged around 30,000, the Wild West troupe gave a command performance for the queen in which the Prince of Wales and the kings of Belgium, Greece, Saxony and Denmark rode around the arena in a stagecoach with Buffalo Bill fending off marauding Indians from the driver's seat. In the process, Buffalo Bill's pop interpretation of the American frontier was validated as high culture and for the next five years the Wild West toured the major capitals of Europe. Provenance: From the Jim Aplan Piedmont, South Dakota collection. The silver gelatin albumen image is very clear and displays very well, the card has several small tack holes through it with some spotting and corner wear. Measures 5.75”L x 4.25”W. U6.*