Steamboat Springs, Nevada
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (19.69 x 26.99 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 number2005.27.3327
InscribedLabel
Horan label
Back of Mount
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. 41.
Steamboat Springs, north of Virginia City, was the site of some of O'Sullivan's most iconic images. Arnold Hague, the survey geologist, described the area in his notes: "In several places, the steam issues in puffs, with a noise like that from a steam boiler, and jets of hot water are thrown up, with more or less force, frequently 10 to 20 feet in height." Here, O'Sullivan photographed his wagon perched on top of a mound of silica, a material produced when geothermal water interacts with oxygen.
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1868
2005.27.3270
