Rare oversized albumen photograph mounted to board with red printed border, taken by R. Banks of Manchester and stamped on verso. The image captures Col. W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), Major J.M. Burke, and several Native American chiefs from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West troupe alongside a seated group of elderly British veterans of the famed Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Taken in July 1891 while the Wild West show toured England, this extraordinary gathering commemorated a poignant moment of shared martial legacy between American frontiersmen and Native representatives and British military heroes. Cody and Burke are seen among the veterans, several of whom display medals and walk with canes, while Sioux chiefs in feathered war bonnets and formal attire stand proudly behind them.

The composition is a carefully staged portrait that underscores the pageantry and transatlantic reverence surrounding Buffalo Bill’s mythos in late 19th-century Europe. The photo offers both ethnographic and military-historical interest and is a striking example of theatrical diplomacy and cultural spectacle. Measures approximately 6 1/4 X 8 1/2 inches on 11 1/2 X 14 mount. Stamped “R. Banks Photo, Manchester” with address on reverse.