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

TITLE ON OBJECT: Gould Curry Mine. Comstock Lode Mine Works, Virginia City, Nevada.

January-February, 1868
albumen print
17.7 x 21.9 cm.
Gift of Harvard University
GEH NEG: 9289
81:1887:0017

OLD GEH NUMBER: 8269-166
NON-GEH NUMBER: plate 23

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Naef, Weston & Wood, James N. --Era of Exploration.-- Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. p. 127.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (printed) "U.S. Engineer Department. Geological Exploration, Fortieth Parallel. T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer." (in pencil) "Gould Curry Mine. Comstock Lode Mine Works, Virginia City, Nevada."

NOTES: Catalogued 8/88, SB, updated 10/90, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, mine
people, at work
occupation, miner

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