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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.85
People
William Bell, American (Liverpool, England 1830 - 1910 Philadelphia, PA)
Title
Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872, Pl. 12
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1872
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/161010

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 27.5 x 20.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
mount: 51 x 40.6 cm (20 1/16 x 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of pre-printed mount, above image, in black ink: Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian [at left];
    War Department / Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army [in center, as seal];
    Expedition of 1872 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Commanding [at right]
  • inscription: recto of pre-printed mount, below image, in black ink: W. Bell Phot. [at left] / No. 12 [at right] [OVER]
    Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East
  • inscription: recto of mount, above image, in graphite: Sci2600.290

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Gift of the U.S. War Department
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.85
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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