Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, Looking Above

Media - 1994.91.133 - SAAM-1994.91.133_1 - 87385
Copied Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, Looking Above, 1871, albumen silver print, sheet and image: 8 x 10 7⁄8 in. (20.3 x 27.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.133
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Artwork Details

Title
Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, Looking Above
Artist
Date
1871
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 8 x 10 7⁄8 in. (20.3 x 27.6 cm.)
Markings
mount recto lower left printed: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot. mount recto lower right printed: No. 8 mount recto lower left to lower right printed: BLACK CANON, COLORADO RIVER, FROM CAMP 8, LOOKING ABOVE. mount recto upper left printed: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. mount recto upper right printed: Expedition of 1871.--Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g. mount recto upper center printed: WAR DEPARTMENT/CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY (in a circle around crest)
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
albumen silver print
Classifications
Highlights
Keywords
  • Figure male
  • Landscape
  • Architecture — boat — sailboat
  • Landscape — river — Colorado River
  • Landscape — canyon — Black Canyon
Object Number
1994.91.133
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1994.91.133