Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking West

1872, printed 1874/1875

William H. Bell

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.5 × 20.2 cm (10 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 39.4 × 49.9 × 0.1 cm (15 1/2 × 19 5/8 × 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.136.381.22

  • Series Title

    Wheeler Survey Album

  • Portfolio Title

    Wheeler Survey Album

  • Volume Title

    Photographs Showing Landscapes, Geological and Other Features, of Portions of the Western Territory of the United States, Obtained in Connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in Charge.

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Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873

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1873

Distant View of Camp Apache, Arizona

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

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Alpine Lake in the Sierra Nevada, California

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

1871

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1886; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

on mount/album page upper left imprinted in black ink: Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian; upper center: WAR DEPARTMENT / [eagle crest] / CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY.; upper right: Expedition of 1872 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Commanding.; lower left below image: W. Bell, Phot.; lower center: GRAND CAÑON, COLORADO RIVER, NEAR PARIA CREEK, LOOKING WEST; lower right below image: No. 6

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