Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland, 1840–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Black Cañon, Colorado River, Looking Below from Big Horn
- Plate I, from the portfolio Wheeler Explorations in Nevada and Arizona
Date1871
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 7/8 in. (20.3 × 27.6 cm)
Mount: 15 7/16 × 19 5/8 in. (39.2 × 49.8 cm)
Mount: 15 7/16 × 19 5/8 in. (39.2 × 49.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.628
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, on 1/10/1991.
Exhibition History"The Waking Dream", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993.
"The American Landscape East to West: Themes in Painting and Photography, 1780-1910" at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, september 6, 2003-January 19, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on mount, recto, left: "Exploration in Nevada and Arizona"
Marked in pencil, verso, lower right corner: "TOS.183.X"
Marked on image, recto, lower right corner: "4" and scribble
Left bottom under image: "T.H.OSullivan, Phot."
Right bottom under image: "No 4"
Under image: "Black Cañon, Colorado River, Looking Below From Big Horn Camp"
Seal: "War Department / Corps of Engineers ' U.S. Army"
right: "Expedition of 1871 - Lieut. GO.M. Wheeler, Corri'd'g"
Marked in pencil, verso, lower right corner: "TOS.183.X"
Marked on image, recto, lower right corner: "4" and scribble
Left bottom under image: "T.H.OSullivan, Phot."
Right bottom under image: "No 4"
Under image: "Black Cañon, Colorado River, Looking Below From Big Horn Camp"
Seal: "War Department / Corps of Engineers ' U.S. Army"
right: "Expedition of 1871 - Lieut. GO.M. Wheeler, Corri'd'g"
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