Upper Bear River, Utah
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1869
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (22.54 × 27.62 cm)
Mat (exhibition): 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Framed: 23 3/8 × 27 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (59.37 × 69.85 × 4.13 cm)
Mat (exhibition): 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Framed: 23 3/8 × 27 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (59.37 × 69.85 × 4.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3282
InscribedNumbered
"117"
In Print
[in white]
Numbered
"117"
On Mount
Pencil
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Timothy 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. 66.
This is another curious, overtly artistic image-a work almost certainly made in collaboration with the painter Gilbert Munger, a guest with the survey in the summer of 1869. The seated figure, wrapped in a blanket, mimics the role of an Indian squaw. The standing figure appears to play the part of a notable mountain man, the Old Trapper of the Uintas. One surviving print of this image has a pencil inscription on the mount reading:"Munger as Squaw?" This is a strong indication that the artist played a key role in both conceiving and orchestrating this image.
Some scholars have proposed that a group of photographs, including this one, were actually made by Andrew J. Russell.
Some scholars have proposed that a group of photographs, including this one, were actually made by Andrew J. Russell.
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