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Descriptive Geology
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Descriptive Geology

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1877
MediumBook
DimensionsOverall (closed): 11 13/16 × 9 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (30 × 24.13 × 6.99 cm)
Overall (open): 11 3/16 × 20 9/16 inches (28.42 × 52.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4902
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionDescriptive Geology book by Arnold Hague and S. F. Emmons; contains 26 lithographic plates after photos by Timothy O'Sullivan.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, hors cat (Kansas City and Provo only).

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after conservation, 5/2011
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1872
2005.27.517
Internal Change #1
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front cover overall
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1991
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1939
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
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2005.27.3265
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1868
2005.27.3262