Two black and white landscape photographs of a shallow river running through steep rocky cliffs.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Two nearly identical black and white landscape photographs next to each other (for stereoscopic viewing) with a sepia tone. Under a vast bright sky, a shallow river runs through steep rocky cliffs. A wide sandbar snakes its way across the river. A tiny figure sits in a small boat on the far edge of the sandbar with various items scattered about. Besides the figure in the boat, a desolate landscape, devoid of any vegetation is depicted.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.3751
People
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)
Title
First halt within the Black Cañon
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, No. 4, Wheeler expedition
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, stereoscopic photograph
Date
1871
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/155699

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Two albumen silver prints on card
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
sight: 7.8 x 13.5 cm (3 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite
  • label: verso, paper, ink, lithograph
  • legend: verso, ink, lithograph
  • legend: recto, ink, lithograph

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Geology Department Library
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.3751
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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