Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho

1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20 × 27.4 cm (7 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
    mount: 40.2 × 49.5 cm (15 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.110

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

Bibliography

1976

  • Lloyd, Valerie. Photography: The First Eighty Years. Exh. cat. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1976: 149.

1981

  • Snyder, Joel. American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1867-1874. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981: pl. 73.

1982

  • Dingus, Rick. The Photographic Artifacts of Timothy O'Sullivan. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1982: 89.

Inscriptions

all on mount, printed in black ink: upper left: Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian; center: War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; upper right: Expedition of 1874. Under Command of Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engrs.; lower left: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot.; lower center: SNAKE RIVER CANON, IDAHO / View from above Shoshone Falls; lower right: No.25

Wikidata ID

Q64171053

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