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after conservation, 5/2011
Austin, Nevada
after conservation, 5/2011
after conservation, 5/2011

Austin, Nevada

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 10 9/16 inches (19.69 × 26.83 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 9/16 inches (19.69 × 26.83 cm)
Mount (1): 12 7/16 × 14 3/4 inches (31.59 × 37.47 cm)
Mount (2): 17 15/16 × 23 13/16 inches (45.56 × 60.48 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 number2005.27.3279
SignedNone
InscribedOn mount 1 recto, lower right corner, black type and pencil: "No. 39" On mount 2 recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "15 Austin Nev" On mount 2 recto, bottom center, black type: "U.S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL. / T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer."
MarkingsNone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage albumen print on King Survey mount. Image of land, houses.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. 33 (Chicago and Provo only).

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