Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007338Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed.
Inscriptions
Stamped recto, on album page, upper center, in black ink: "[War Department insignia]"; printed recto, on album page, upper left, in black ink: "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th. Meridan."; recto, on album page, upper right, in black ink: "Expedition of 1873.-Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding."; recto, on album page, lower left, below image, in black ink: "T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot."; recto, on album page, lower right, below image, in black ink: "No. 10."; recto, on album page, lower center, below image, in black ink: "ANCIENT RUINS IN THE CAÑON DE CHELLE, N.M. / In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed."; unmarked verso
Exhibition history
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, “The Landscape Photograph,” June 19—September 11, 1977. Art Institute of Chicago, "Cameron to Weston: Photographs from the Collection," March 17-June 10, 1979. Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "A History of Photography from Chicago Collection," April 24–June 6, 1982. Art Institute of Chicago, "The Wilds of the West," June 28–October 13, 2003. (Colin Westerbeck) Art Institute of Chicago, "When Collecting Was New: Photographs from the Robert A. Taub Collection," December 15, 2012–May 12, 2013. (Michal Raz-Russo) Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, November 23, 2013–May 4, 2014.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Timothy O'Sullivan / American, born Ireland, 1840–1882
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- Albumen print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 27.4 × 20.1 cm (10 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Mount: 49.7 × 39.3 cm (19 5/8 × 15 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- albumen silver print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Photography Gallery Fund
- Accession no.
- 1959.615a
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