2.2002.82: Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River (Sheavwitz Crossing)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2.2002.82

People

William Bell, American (Liverpool, England 1830 - 1910 Philadelphia, PA)

Title

Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River (Sheavwitz Crossing)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872, Pl. 9

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1872

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/161007

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
mount: 51 x 40.5 cm (20 1/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto of pre-printed mount, above image, in black ink: Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian [at left];
  War Department / Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army [in center, as seal];
  Expedition of 1872 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Commanding [at right]
• inscription: recto of pre-printed mount, below image, in black ink: W. Bell Phot. [at left] / No. 9 [at right] [OVER]
  Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River [OVER]
  Sheavwitz Crossing
• inscription: recto of mount, above image, in graphite: Sci2600.290

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, Gift of the U.S. War Department

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2.2002.82

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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