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

TITLE ON OBJECT: "Facile decensus" Clarence King

ca. 1868
albumen print
28.0 x 22.6 cm.
Gift of Harvard University
GEH NEG: 15402
81:1888:0042

OLD GEH NUMBER: 8269-203

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Newhall, Beaumont & Nancy. --Timothy H. O'Sullivan.-- George Eastman House, 1966. pl. 14.//
Naef, Weston & Wood, James N. --Era of Exploration.-- Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. p. 53.//
Snyder, Joel. --American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan 1867-1874.-- Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. p. 18.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"T.H. O'Sullivan Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, 1966.//
"West of the Rockies", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, January 1972 - December 1980. (Traveled).//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//
"Go West", Italy, Florence, Fratelli Alinari - Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche December 1, 1993 - April 6, 1994.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (printed) "U.S. Engineer Department. Geological Exploration, Fortieth Parallel. T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer." (in pencil) "'Facile decensus' Clarence King"

NOTES: Catalogued 8/88, SB, updated 10/90, DZ, updated 11/90, MMC. Both Snyder and Naef attributed this photograph to A. J. Russell since a negative of this image is in the Russell collection at the Oakland Museum, History Dept. in California. In 1988 Snyder stated that this was a mis-attribution since he had later seen a print with O'Sullivan at work making this picture in an album at the Bancroft Library at the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley. (SB)

SUBJECTS:
personage, geologist / King, Clarence
landscape, rocky

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