Miner underground, Virginia City, Nevada
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 1/2 inches (17.94 × 21.59 cm)
Mount: 18 1/16 × 24 inches (45.88 × 60.96 cm)
Mount: 18 1/16 × 24 inches (45.88 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3266
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, center, in black type with pencil: "No. 86" / "U.S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL. / T. H. O'Sullivan, Photographer".
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Virginia Miner / [illeg.]";
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "82";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "UB23716";
On mount verso, center, in red and black crayon: "218 [crossed out] / 1/2".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man standing in profile facing a rocky wall. He's surrounded by rough, uneven rock walls and there is a narrow opening at the right corner of the frame. In the foreground are several mining tools, including a shovel and pickaxe, along with a burning candle.Exhibition HistoryTimothy H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs. The Art Institute of Chicago, October 22, 2011 - January 15, 2012, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 7 - September 2, 2012, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT, January 23 - May 26, 2014, no. 29.
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