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

TITLE ON OBJECT: "Pyramid" Pyramid Lake, Nevada
PUBLISHED TITLE: Pyramid and Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nevada

April, 1868
albumen print
19.8 x 27.0 cm.
Gift of Harvard University
GEH NEG: 35097
81:1887:0015

OLD GEH NUMBER: 8269-128
NON-GEH NUMBER: plate 66

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 198.//
This image was part of GEH's 2001 submission to AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium).//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"T.H. O'Sullivan Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, 1966.//
"American Photography", US, NY, Hempstead, Hofstra University, 1972.//
"USIA / Smithsonian unidentified traveling exhibit", US, DC, Washington, USIA/Smithsonian, 1972-1973, 1972.//
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (printed) "U.S. Engineer Department. Geological Exploration, Fortieth Parallel. T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer." (in pencil) "'Pyramid' Pyramid Lake Nevada"

NOTES: Catalogued 8/88, SB, updated 11/97, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, islands
landscape, rock formations / Tufa Domes

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