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
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
2014.136.381.1-50
Associated Artworks
See all 50 artworksDistant View of Camp Apache, Arizona
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1873
Alpine Lake in the Sierra Nevada, California
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West
William H. Bell
1872
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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