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Bell, William
American (b. England, 1830-1910)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona.
ALBUM TITLE: --Photographs Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian...--, Washington, D.C.: 1874.

1872
PUBLISHER: United States Army Corps of Engineers
albumen print
27.1 x 20.4 cm.
Museum Purchase
GEH NEG: 37850
79:0014:0030

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 34

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Wheeler, George M., 1st Lt. --Photographs Showing Landscapes, Geological and Other Features, of Portions of the Western Territory of the United States obtained in Conjunction With...Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian.-- Washington, DC: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1871, 1872, 1873.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 204.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//
"Through The Lens", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, June 22, 1996 -.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (printed) "War Department. Corps. of Engineers. U. S. Army. Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Expedition of 1871 -- Lt. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g. W. Bell. Phot. Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona. No. 14"

NOTES: This album's title page is inscribed (printed in ink) "War Department Corps. of Engineers U.S. Army Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the Western Territory of the United States, obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in charge" Catalogued 7/85, SB, updated 6/93, MMD.

SUBJECT: landscape, rock formation / Perched Rock

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