"For a time, there being no scouting to do," says Colonel Cody, "I drove stage between Plum Creek and Fort Kearney, with plenty of hair-raising adventures thrown in."

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"For a time, there being no scouting to do," says Colonel Cody, "I drove stage between Plum Creek and Fort Kearney, with plenty of hair-raising adventures thrown in."

Alternate Title(s):Stage-coach driving was full of hair-raising adventures.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1916

Dimensions:

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known by reproduction only

Accession number: SUPP2000.1684

Research Number: NCW: 1684

InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)

References William F. Cody, An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1920), illus. f. p. 322, as "Stage-coach driving was full of hair-raising adventures"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 260; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.649, p. 340, 341

Curatorial RemarksIn the 1920 edition of Cody's autobiography, this image was cropped on the left side to make a picture that would fit the proportions of the book page.

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed image

Photo Credit:Courtesy Smith College

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"For a time, there being no scouting to do," says Colonel Cody, "I drove stage between Plum Creek and Fort Kearney, with plenty of hair-raising adventures thrown in."

N.C. Wyeth

"For a time, there being no scouting to do," says Colonel Cody, "I drove stage between Plum Creek and Fort Kearney, with plenty of hair-raising adventures thrown in."