Detail View: The AMICA Library: Looking South into the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.2002.48
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Photographs
Creator Name: 
Bell, William H.
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1830 - 1910
Gender: 
M
Creator Birth Place: 
Liverpool, England
Creator Death Place: 
Philadelphia, PA
Creator Name-CRT: 
William H. Bell
Title: 
Looking South into the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1872
Creation Start Date: 
1872
Creation End Date: 
1872
Materials and Techniques: 
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Classification Term: 
Photograph
Style or Period: 
America, 19th century
Dimensions: 
Image: 27.5cm x 20.3cm, Mounted: 50cm x 39.4cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
2002.48
Credit Line: 
John L. Severance Fund
Inscriptions: 
imprinted in black type on mount recto: "Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" (symbol- eagle with coat of arms- with type)-"WAR DEPARTMENT" "CORPS. OF ENGINEERS.US.ARMY"; "Expedition of 1872- Lieut. Geo M. Wheeler Commanding"; "W. Bell.Phot.No. 9"; LOOKING SOUTH INTO THE GRAND CANON, COLORADO RIVER Sheavwitz Crossing"; in pencil "20(?) P1022"; in pencil on mount verso: "7500 25"
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.2002.48.tif