Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River, No. 4 from the series "Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
<p>Text printed on reverse of stereocard:</p> <p>WAR DEPARTMENT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A.<BR><br>Geographical EXPLORATIONS and SURVEYS WEST of the 100th MERIDIAN. No. 4.</p> <p>Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River. The water flows from the rocks above, and the umbrella-shaped rock about it is tufa, that has been formed by deposition from the mineral constituents of the water. The light spot seen through and beyond is the sand-beach of the river. Looking through this Grotta is seen in the distance the walls of the Grand Cañon, 3.500 feet in height on either side.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Dimensions
- Each image: 9.3 × 7.5 cm (3 11/16 × 3 in.); Card: 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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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- Timothy O'Sullivan
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Dimensions
- Each image: 9.3 × 7.5 cm (3 11/16 × 3 in.); Card: 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1871-081164
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified