2.2002.1081: Black Canon, Colorado River, Looking Below Near Camp 7

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2.2002.1081

People

Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)

Title

Black Canon, Colorado River, Looking Below Near Camp 7

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Wheeler Expedition of 1871, no. 7

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1871

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/158174

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 20.2 x 27.5 cm (7 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
mount: 40.6 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 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: 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, bottom edge below image, pre-printed mount: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot. No. 7 [over title]

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

2.2002.1081

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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