Wall in the Grand Canyon—Colorado River
1872
Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 27.5 × 20.2 cm (10 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
mount: 35.3 × 28.1 cm (13 7/8 × 11 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.30.116
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 30 August 1994; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left on mount printed in black ink: T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot.; lower right: No. 11; bottom center: WALL IN THE GRAND CAÑON, COLORADO RIVER.; on verso, possibly by artist, upper center in graphite: Taken on Major Powell's Grand Canyon / Expedition of 1872; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: TOC/059