4 x 5 1/2 in. albumen photograph on original 6 x 9 1/2 in. mount credited to J.A. Scholten, St. Louis, Missouri. Pencil inscription beneath image identifies "Gen'l Custer."

Distinctive image of Custer in buckskins with a hunting rifle, wearing his trademark red kerchief. Taken on or around 24 January 1874 by St. Louis photographer James A. Scholten on the occasion of a visit by Russian Grand Duke Alexis, who requested to go on a buffalo hunt with Custer. The group was guided by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody on an expedition led by General William Tecumseh Sherman. This image originally appeared as a tipped-in addition to the 19th-century trade publication, the Philadelphia Photographer. A scarce original image, widely copied and issued in cabinet format after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Catalogued in Katz, Custer in Photographs [K-113].