A photograph of a rocky landscape.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A photograph shows rock formations of various shapes and sizes. Several have sharply incised surfaces. To the left of the largest rock is a glass bottle and metal cup. The ground is blanketed with smaller stones and sand. A wide expanse of desert is visible in the background, with a low mountain range overlapping the horizon line.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1082
People
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)
Title
Rock Carved by Drifting Sand, Below Fortification Rock, Arizona.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Wheeler Expedition of 1871, no. 14
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1871
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Arizona
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157375

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 20 x 27.5 cm (7 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: recto, top edge above image, pre-printed mount: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Expedition of 1871 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g.
  • stamp: recto, top center, pre-printed mount: WAR DEPARTMENT [over] CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY.
  • inscription: recto, top center, graphite: Sci2600.290
  • stamp: recto, bottom edge below image, pre-printed mount: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot. No. 14 [over] ROCK CARVED BY DRIFTING SAND, BELOW FORTIFICATION ROCK, ARIZONA.
  • stamp: verso, top center, black ink: Museum of Comparative [over] Zoology [over] March 22, 1943 [over] LIBRARY [encircled]
  • label: Removed from backing board: Timothy H. O'Sullivan / Rock Carved by Drifting Sand, / Below Fortification Rock / Expedition of 1871: Nevada & / Arizona / 1871

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Museum of Comparative Zoology Library, Gift of the U.S. War Department, 1877
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1082
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/2016 - 11/18/2016

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