Gold Hill, 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 × 24 1/16 inches (45.72 × 61.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3253

Signednone

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "No." / "U.S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL. / T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer."; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "Gold Hill Nevada".

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "34 / NOT MIT".

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DescriptionLandscape image of a large, multi-story building standing prominently on the upper slope of a hillside town. A massive network of wooden trestles and mine gallows fill the center of the valley with many small structures densely packed across the uneven terrain. The surrounding hillsides are barren and rolling mountain ranges fade into the background.

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