Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American, ca. 1840-1882
Title
  • Wall in The Grand Canyon, Colorado River
  • Explorations in Nevada and Arizona (series title)
Date 1871
Medium albumen print
Dimensions Image: 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (27.3 × 20 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund
Accession Number F81.46
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Marks Printed, on mount, upper left: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona
Printed, on mount, upper center: WAR DEPARTMENT [with shield surmounted by bald eagle] CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U. S.ARMY.
Printed, on mount, upper right: Expedition of 1871.-Lieut. Geol M. Wheeler, Com'd'g.
Printed, on mount, lower left: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot.
Printed, on mount, lower center: WALL IN THE GRAND CANON, COLORADO RIVER.
Printed, on mount, lower right: No. 11.
(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA);
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)