Featured in this lot is this "Custer and Stag Hounds" hand colored photograph originally dated from 1873 taken by William H. Illingworth born in 1844 and died in 1893. The photograph shows Custer sitting in front of his tent with his most trusted scouts gathered around him, with the man kneeling to his left identified as Custer's favorite Native American scout Blood Knife. William H. Illingworth (20 September 1844 – 16 March 1893) was an English born photographer from St. Paul, Minnesota who accompanied both Captain James L. Fisk's 1866 expedition to the Montana Territory and Lt. Colonel George Custer's 1874 U.S. military expedition into the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory (now western South Dakota). The top right corner of the photograph is typed with : "This escort for the N.P. Surveyors left Ft. Rice June 20, 1873. The force was led by Col. Stanley and Lt. Frederick Dent Grant, the President's son. Custer second in command, Charlie Reynolds chief scout. There were 27 Arickaras along. One of these Indians is undoubtedly Bloody knife." The photograph is tagged with a museum or collector tag that reads as follows: 1396-87 O'dell. The condition of this of this hand painted photograph is well preserved with a semi folded corner but otherwise shows obvious signs of damage to the photograph and shows slight wear to the wooden frame. The measurements of this framed photograph is 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" and the visible photograph measures 9 5/8" x 7 5/8". The collective weight of this framed photograph is 12oz. 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.