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Hot Spring, Ruby Valley, Nevada

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 5/8 inches (19.69 × 26.99 cm)
Mount: 18 1/16 × 24 1/16 inches (45.88 × 61.12 cm)
Framed: 27 1/2 × 23 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (69.85 × 59.69 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3238
SignedOn mount recto, bottom center, in black type: "T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer."
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, center, in black type: "U. S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL."; On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "No."; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "Geyser mouth, Ruby Valley".
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "6"
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DescriptionImage of a man lying on his side next to a small body of water. He's dressed in a long-sleeved shirt, pants, boots, and a hat. In the upper left corner, horses are gathered outside a small log cabin.Exhibition History

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. 43.

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after conservation, 5/2011
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