Salt Lake Desert, Utah
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 11/16 × 10 9/16 inches (19.53 × 26.83 cm)
Mount: 17 7/8 × 23 15/16 inches (45.4 × 60.8 cm)
Mount: 17 7/8 × 23 15/16 inches (45.4 × 60.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3292
SignedOn sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "T. H. O'Sullivan, Photographer."
InscribedOn image recto, lower left, in negative: "110";
On sheet recto, lower right, in black type with pencil: "No. 110";
On mount recto, bottom center, in black type: "U. S. / ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. / GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION. / FORTIETH PARALLEL.";
On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "18. Salt Lake Desert".
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom center, white label with black type: "106. The Salt Lake Desert / From the / james d. horan / Civil War and / Western Americana / Collection";
On mount verso, bottom center, visible under label, in pencil: "260" [circled];
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "106" [circled].
On View
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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. 59.
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