Presented in this lot is a Rare Original D. F. Barry Photograph of Chief Gall's Wife, circa 1881 to 1885, framed. This rare photograph was taken of one of Chief Gall's wives after he officially surrendered to the US Army at Fort Buford, Dakota Territory. The photograph displays two of Barry's blind stamps ("Copyright By D. F. Barry" and "BARRY") on the bottom left and right corners of the photograph respectively. Gall (c. 1840-1894), Lakota Phizí, was an important military leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He spent four years in exile in Canada with Sitting Bull's people, after the wars ended and surrendered in 1881 to live on the Standing Rock Reservation. He would eventually advocate for the assimilation of his people to reservation life and served as a judge on the reservation's Court of Indian Affairs in his later years. Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Gall had 5 wives. His first wife's life ended in glory and honor at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The Chief's second spouse was Winyan Waste. His third spouse was Mary Iron Nest Woman who passed away in 1920 aged 84. His fourth spouse was Stand in Center b. 1835. His 5th spouse was Martina Blue Earth who passed away in 1905. From the ex-C.M. Russell Museum Great Falls, Montana and John Kleinschmidt collections / O’Dell collections. The original C.M. Russell Museum tag is still present (the same tag from all of the museum displayed items) marked “1396-87 O’DELL”. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit. Catherine A. O'Dell. An attached museum tag reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". This was on display at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. Included additional provenance are copies of the handwritten letters from Barry to Kleinschmidt regarding Barry sending this photograph to Kleinschmidt as well as other photos taken of Chief Gall and other Lakota chiefs at the Standing Rock Reservation. 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. Barry photographed the Plains at Fort Buford and Fort Yates in the Dakotas and Fort Assiniboine in Montana. He later opened a studio at Fort Yates and became well known amongst the Lakota Sioux taking historic images of Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Gall, Spotted Tail, John Grass and received the Lakota nickname “Little Shadow Catcher”. This studio Barry photograph is handwritten at the bottom of the photograph, "Chief Galls Wife". This framed photograph is in amazing preserved condition considering its age of almost 150 years old, age tanning noted. Visible art measures 4.25"W x 6.25"L, gilt wood frame is 7"W x 10"L x .75"D, weight is 10oz.