Featured in this lot is a Rare 1875 D. F. Barry Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in full dress uniform, foot resting near a column of a fence. 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. An attached museum tag reads, "1396-87 O'Dell". The photo is blind-stamped at the bottom right corner next to Custer's left leg, "Copyright by D. F. Barry". 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 collections of Barry photographs from one historic Montana family offered for public sale. On the reverse of the frame is written, "General George A. Custer in Uniform". Custer was a brevet brigadier general of volunteers during the US Civil War. After the war, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the regular army, a rank he maintained until his death at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The photograph is in amazing preserved condition, mounted in a matted wood frame and sits behind glass to protect its already preserved condition. The visible art measures 5.875"W x 8"L, frame is 12" W x 15" L x .75" D. Weight is 1lb, 12oz.