Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West

William H. Bell (American, 1830-1910) and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers1872

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Title: Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West
Creator: William H. Bell (American, 1830-1910), U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Date Created: 1872
Physical Dimensions: Image: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Provenance: (Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Photograph
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.130
Medium: albumen print from tannin dry plate negative
Series: Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition of 1872
Inscriptions: Scratched into negative: "7"; [unidentifiable mark]; written in pencil on recto: "Photo by W. BELL"; printed in ink on recto: "WAR DEPARTMENT, CORPS [Great Seal of the U.S.] OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY./Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition of 1872. Under Command of Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Eng'rs. / T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot. [crossed out in pencil] No. 5 / GRAND CAÑON, COLORADO RIVER, NEAR PARIA CREEK, LOOKING WEST." [Note: photo attached to wrong mount]
Department: Photography
Culture: America; America, 19th century
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: PH - American 19th Century
Accession Number: 1997.130

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