Top of Anaho Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)

Date1867

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 inches (19.69 × 24.92 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 inches (19.69 × 24.92 cm)
Mount (1): 12 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (31.75 × 37.47 cm)
Mount (2): 18 × 24 inches (45.72 × 60.96 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 number2005.27.3268

SignedNone

InscribedOn mount 1 recto, lower right corner, black type and pencil: "No. 27" On mount 1 recto, bottom center, black type: "U.S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL. / T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer." On mount 2 recto, lower right corner, pencil: "Top of Island in Pyramid L. / (Lime Tufa)"

MarkingsOn mount 2 verso, upper right corner, pencil: "45" [circled]

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DescriptionVintage albumen print on original King Survey mount. Horan label on back of mount. No. 27 in series.Exhibition History

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. 17 (Chicago and Provo only).

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