Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, 1874

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

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.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.110

Artists / Makers

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (artist) American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

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.