Two black and white landscape photographs of a rivers edge with large rocks and a steep cliff wall rising behind.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Two nearly identical black and white landscape photographs next to each other (for stereoscopic viewing) with a sepia tone. Under a vast bright sky, a broad cliff face in the background gives way to large irregular boulders in the foreground. The uneven surface of the cliff face varies greatly from the bottom to the top. The small swatch of river in the lower left corner reflects the cliffs above. A figure in a small boat looks up towards other figures situated at differing heights on the various boulders.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.3752
People
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)
Title
View of Grand Cañon walls, near mouth of Diamond River
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, No. 6; Wheeler expedition
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
stereoscopic photograph, photograph
Date
1871
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/155674

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Two albumen silver prints on card
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
sight: 7.8 x 13.5 cm (3 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite
  • legend: verso, ink, lithograph
  • legend: recto, ink, lithograph

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Geology Department Library
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.3752
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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