Black Canyon, Colorado River, Looking Below from Big Horn Camp, #4

1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 × 27.3 cm (8 × 10 3/4 in.)
    mount: 42.5 × 54.4 cm (16 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.30.117

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 24 November 1992; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left on mount printed in black ink: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona; upper center: WAR DEPARTMENT / CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY; upper right: Expedition of 1871-Lieut. Go. M. Wheeler. Com'd'g.; lower left: T.H.O. Sullivan. Phot.; lower center: BLACK CAÑON, COLORADO RIVER, LOOKING BELOW FROM BIG HORN CAMP.; lower right: No. 4

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