Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present cañon bed.
1873, printed 1874/1875
Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Dimensions
image: 27.6 × 20.2 cm (10 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
mount: 39.4 × 49.9 × 0.1 cm (15 1/2 × 19 5/8 × 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.381.41
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Series Title
Wheeler Survey Album
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Portfolio Title
Wheeler Survey Album
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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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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: Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian; upper center: WAR DEPARTMENT / [eagle crest] / CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY.; upper right: Expedition of 1873. - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.; lower left below image: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot.; lower center: ANCIENT RUINS IN THE CAÑON DE CHELLE, N.M. / In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed.; lower right below image: No.10