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O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
American (b. Ireland, 1840-1882)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Caņon de Chelle [sic], Walls of the Grand Canon about 1200 feet in height.

1873
albumen print
20.1 x 27.6 cm.
Museum Purchase
GEH NEGS: 3997 14344
79:0014:0051

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 34-3-46
NON-GEH NUMBER: pub. series #0015

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Snyder, Joel. --American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan 1867-1874.-- Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. p. 47.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"T.H. O'Sullivan Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection: 1840-1915", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Second View: A Rephotographic Survey", US, MA, Lawrence, Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, October 27 - December 9, 1979.//
"Legend & Legacy: Ansel Adams and 19th-Century Landscape Photographers", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, July 18 - October 4, 1992.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (letterpress) "War Department. Geographical and Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1873 Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps. of Engineers...T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot. [title]..."

NOTES: Catalogued 9/88, SB. Same image as 79:14:46.

SUBJECT: landscape, rock formations / Canyon de Chelly

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