![OAKLEY, Phoebe Ann ("Annie") (1860-1926). Oversize cabinet photograph inscribed and signed (Yours Sincerely "Annie Oakley"), by White Studios of New York (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1906].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/NYR/2007_NYR_01938_1095_000(021400).jpg?w=1)
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OAKLEY, Phoebe Ann ("Annie") (1860-1926). Oversize cabinet photograph inscribed and signed (Yours Sincerely "Annie Oakley"), by White Studios of New York (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1906].
8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) including decorative mount, pinholes to each edge, minor soiling to mount, otherwise in good condition.
"LITTLE SURE-SHOT" TAKES AIM. A very striking three-quarter length standing portrait of the sharp-shooter, in fringed buckskin and Stetson, taking aim (probably with her famous short-barrelled pump-action rifle), strongly inscribed in fountain pen ink on the lower mount. Another image (full-length) from the same White Studio sitting was part of the Cornelius Greenway (1971) and Wesley M. Marans Collection (sold Christie's, 17 May 1996, lot 21)
Oakley, dubbed "Little Sure-Shot" by the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull, was a headline performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 to 1897. The feats of this pint-sized (4' 11") marksman were truly astounding: she could split a playing card held on edge at thirty paces, shot cigarettes from her husband's mouth, and, on one occasion, from the mouth of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany.
8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) including decorative mount, pinholes to each edge, minor soiling to mount, otherwise in good condition.
"LITTLE SURE-SHOT" TAKES AIM. A very striking three-quarter length standing portrait of the sharp-shooter, in fringed buckskin and Stetson, taking aim (probably with her famous short-barrelled pump-action rifle), strongly inscribed in fountain pen ink on the lower mount. Another image (full-length) from the same White Studio sitting was part of the Cornelius Greenway (1971) and Wesley M. Marans Collection (sold Christie's, 17 May 1996, lot 21)
Oakley, dubbed "Little Sure-Shot" by the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull, was a headline performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 to 1897. The feats of this pint-sized (4' 11") marksman were truly astounding: she could split a playing card held on edge at thirty paces, shot cigarettes from her husband's mouth, and, on one occasion, from the mouth of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany.