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Photography of the West: D.F. Barry, Huffman, & Antique Beadwork - January 2025

Sat, Jan 18, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Join us for our Photography of the West: D.F. Barry, Huffman & Antique Beadwork—January 18th, 2025 Auction here in Bozeman, Montana. Including 100's of images from the ex-C.M. Russell Museum collection of D.F. Barry Photographs as well as a large Western Antique and Beadwork collection.
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Lot 685

W. H. Illingworth (1844-1893) Custer & Stag Hounds

Estimate: $300 - $400
Current Bid
$100

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Featured in this lot is this "Custer and Stag Hounds" older original photograph attributed to 1880-1910 and 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). Teh photograph has a hand written collectors note on the back that reads as follows: "Custer on the Stanley expedition 1873. Therefore was led by Col. Stanley and Lt Frederick Deut Grant, the President's son. Custer second in command. They were there as escort for the Northern Pacific Railroad surveyors. Bloody Knife, Custer's favorite Indian scout pointing to map." The condition of this Illingworth photograph is preserved with some creases to the photograph and some slight fading to the picture but otherwise shows a preserved condition. The measurements of this photograph is 3 5/8" x 2 7/8". The collective weight of this photograph is U4oz. 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.

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