U.S. Gunboat "Commodore Perry" on Pamunkey River
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Catalogue
- Year
- 1861
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Timothy O'Sullivan
Artist
Printmaking
Timothy O'Sullivan was an American photographer who documented the American West and geological surveys during the 1870s, producing some of the earliest large-format landscape photographs of the region. Working with wet collodion on glass plates, he captured vast canyon formations, mining operations, and indigenous settlements with a formal, architectural precision that transformed landscape photography into a scientific instrument. His work appeared in official U.S. Geological Surveys and established photography as essential to westward exploration and territorial mapping.
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Ute Braves, of the Kah-poh-teh band, Northern New Mexico, in "full dress", No. 40 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, lately wedded. Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. Much prized by the Indians and miners on account of supposed healing qualities. Principal mineral element, Sulphate of Soda, No. 38 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
Cañon, Valley of the Conejos River, looking south from vicinity of "Lost Lakes", No. 36 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
Alpine Lake, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado. One of a group of ten lakes at the main head of Ute Creek. 11.000 feet above sea-level. Cerro Blanco Peak rises 14.269 feet abov the sea, lying to the westward, No. 45 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
Shee-zah-nan-tan, Jicarilla Apache Brave in characteristic Costume, Northern New Mexico, No. 42 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1874 · Albumen print, stereo
Record
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- Timothy O'Sullivan
- Year
- 1861
- Watts ID
- WW-1861-011146
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified