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A black and white photograph of a landscape portrays four man the margins of a lake.

A black and white photograph of a landscape portrays four man in the margins of a lake. The lake is located on the left side of the picture. On the right, close to the water, big rocks are scattered around the edge. Two man are sitting on the rocks and the other two are standing. A small hill filled with trees is found on the right and background of the picture.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1022
People
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)
Title
View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona. Two Apache Scouts in the foreground.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Geo. M. Wheeler Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian, 1873, no. 3
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1873
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Arizona
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157803

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 27.6 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)
mount: 50.8 x 40.7 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: recto, top center, pre-printed mount: WAR DEPARTMENT [over] CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY.
  • inscription: recto, top center, graphite: Sci2600.290
  • stamp: verso, top center, black ink: Museum of Comparative [over] Zoology [over] March 22, 1943 [over] LIBRARY [encircled]
  • stamp: recto, bottom edge below image, pre-printed mount: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot. No. 3 [over] VIEW ON APACHE LAKE, SIERRA BLANCA RANGE, ARIZONA. [over] Two Apache Scouts in the Foreground.
  • stamp: recto, top edge above image, pre-printed mount: Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1873 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding

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
2.2002.1022
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robin Kelsey, Viewing the Archive: Timothy O'Sullivan's Photographs for the Wheeler Survey, 1871-74, The Art Bulletin (December 2003), vol. 85, no. 4: 702-723, p. 716, fig. 11

Verification Level

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