Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, Overlooking Battlefield of Antietam

ArtistAmerican, born Ireland, 1840–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, Overlooking Battlefield of Antietam
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 22, published 1866
DateSeptember 1862
Place depictedAntietam, Maryland, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 6 15/16 in. (22.3 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 15/16 in. (22.3 × 17.6 cm)
Mount: 11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (30.2 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1.22
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJane (1914-1996) and Sawyer Rank (1914-1958), Minnesota; [Arader Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, under image: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. // Negative by T. H. O’SULLIVAN. // Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington. // SIGNAL TOWER ON ELK MOUNTAIN, MAYLAND, // OVERLOOKING BATTLE-FIELD OF ANTIETAM // No. 22. // September, 1862.

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
May 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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January 1865
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May 1865
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May 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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April 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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June 1864
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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February 1864
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
c. 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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