^Lot 3651 RARE LARGE FORMAT 1874 CUSTER BLACK HILLS

EXPEDITION PHOTOGRAPH. 21" x 17" frame, 13" x 10" Illingworth photo printed from original negative in 1907 by E. A. Bromley. Bromley purchased the entire collection of Black Hills campaign negatives from Illingwirth. Inked copyright signed by Bromley on verso of mounting board. Image taken August 7, 1874 (Katz K-128) is of Custer with 1st grizzly killed, scout Bloody Knife, private Noonan, & Capt. William Ludlow. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of page from Katz showing similar image. Printed history of the Illingworth negative. CONDITION: not removed from frame, image appears fine, crack in lower right mounting board. The clarity and detail of the image from 1874 is remarkable. This is a complete photo that is typically found with the top cropped. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Lenard Cave. (02-26835/JS). NON-GUN. $2,000-3,000.