The Klondyke Nugget /

by S. F. Cody

A$450 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Belfast [Ireland] : David Allen Sons, [1898]. Chromolithographed poster, 435 x 720 mm (sight); matted for framing; in fine condition. A striking poster produced in Ireland around 1899 for S. F. Cody s stage production The Klondyke Nugget . The Klondyke Nugget was a gory melodrama, written by and starring the Wild West showman S. F. Cody, set against the Klondike gold rush This image was one of several pictorial advertisements used for the play A large number of Australians are believed to have been attracted to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) in Canada s Yukon Territory, although only several hundred actually made it to the goldfields. Samuel Franklin Cody (1867-1913) was a cowboy, bronco buster, frontiersman, circus sharpshooter, horse track racer, showman, barnstormer, man-carrying kite inventor, and pioneer British aviator. He was born Samuel Franklin Cowdery, and took the name Samuel Franklin Cody as a young showman, pretending to be a relative of Buffalo Bill Cody, with whom he is sometimes confused. He was a flamboyant showman, initially touring the United States in a Wild West show where he was billed as Captain Cody, King of the Cowboys , and visiting England for a while around 1890. In 1897 he moved to England with his family and presented shows and events which involved horse racing against cyclists, performing chariot races and acting out scenes from the Wild West. His play The Klondyke Nugget , possibly inspired by a trip he claimed to have made to the region i

• Binding: Hardcover

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