Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873
1873
Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882
Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1910
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Bell
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume of albumen prints
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 40.5 × 53.6 × 6.5 cm (15 15/16 × 21 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.136.381.1-50
Associated Artworks
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Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
Group of Pah-Ute Indians, Nevada
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
Bluff Opposite Big Horn Camp, Black Cañon, Colorado River
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1886; acquired by NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2006
Sight/Insight: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, April 26 - October 29, 2006.
2008
The American Evolution: A History Through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, March 1 - July 27, 2008.
2015
In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015
2019
The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1983
Wheeler, George M. Wheeler's Photographic Survey of the American West, 1871-1873; with 50 landscape photographs by Timothy O'Sullivan and William Bell. New York: 1983.
Inscriptions
inside cover of album, by William Wilson Corcoran, center bookplate signed in black ink: W. W. Corcoran; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, center bookplate printed in blue ink signed and numbered in black ink by William Wilson Corcoran: LIBRARY / OF THE / Corcoran Gallery of Art / No. 449 / Presented by Mr. W. W. Corcoran; by unknown hand, center stamped in blue ink numbered in graphite: Shelf No 113