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Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Bell

Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873, 1873

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volume Title

Photographs Showing Landscapes, Geological and Other Features, of Portions of the Western Territory of the United States, Obtained in Connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Seasons of 1871, 1872, and 1873. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in Charge.

Medium

bound volume of albumen prints

Dimensions

overall: 40.5 × 53.6 × 6.5 cm (15 15/16 × 21 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1886)

Accession Number

2014.136.381.1-50

Artists / Makers

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

William H. Bell (artist) American, born England, 1830 - 1910

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Inscription

inside cover of album, by William Wilson Corcoran, center bookplate signed in black ink: W. W. Corcoran; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, center bookplate printed in blue ink signed and numbered in black ink by William Wilson Corcoran: LIBRARY / OF THE / Corcoran Gallery of Art / No. 449 / Presented by Mr. W. W. Corcoran; by unknown hand, center stamped in blue ink numbered in graphite: Shelf No 113

Provenance

William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1886; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran, William Wilson

Exhibition History

2006: Sight/Insight: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, April 26 - October 29, 2006.

2008: The American Evolution: A History Through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, March 1 - July 27, 2008.

2015: In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

2019: The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1983: Wheeler, George M. Wheeler's Photographic Survey of the American West, 1871-1873; with 50 landscape photographs by Timothy O'Sullivan and William Bell. New York: 1983.