Featured in this lot is this framed silver gelatin of Red Cloud - Buffalo Bill - and American Horse by David Francis Barry born in 1854 and died in 1934; from the ex-collection of the C.M. Russell Museum and John Kleinschmidt. The photograph features a wonderfully and professionally crafted silver gelatin construction that is blind stamped 'Barry' and is hand written on the photograph as follows: Red Cloud - Buffalo Bill - American Horse. The photograph comes with a copy of an original letter of correspondence between John Kleinschmidt and David F. Barry. The condition of this D.F. Barry silver gelatin is good with no obvious signs of damage to the photograph and shows only slight wear of the frame. The measurements of this frame photograph is 9 5/8" x 11 1/4" and the visible photograph measures 5 7/8" x 7 7/8". The collective weight of this photograph is 1lb 2oz.
David Francis Barry (1854-1934) was one of the most noted photographers of the American Indian and U.S. Army participants in the Sioux War of 1876 and is attributed with some of the most recognizable surviving images from this period in the history of the American West. Barry first came to the west in the 1870’s to apprentice under photographer O.S. Goff, who worked as the photographer at Fort Abraham Lincoln. It was from this post the Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led his Seventh U.S. Cavalry division in May 1876 to the battle of the Little Bighorn in southwestern Montana. This is considered one of the largest collection of Barry photographs from one historic Montana family offered for public sale.