Albumen photograph, 11 x 14 in. (sight), of a group of Paiute Indians, photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan, from the 1871 Wheeler Expedition. Framed, 21 x 24.5 in. The Geographical Survey by Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler intended to create maps and useful information for future military operations, the creation of roads, and potential railways. The survey cataloged natural resources and recorded the locations and populations of Indian tribes. Timothy H. O'Sullivan was a young apprentice to Mathew Brady and joined Brady's Photographic Corps, managed by Alexander Gardner in Washington DC as a field photographer in 1861. Disgruntled with Brady, O'Sullivan and Gardner left the studio and established their own. In 1870, O'Sullivan joined Commander T.O. Sulfridge and photographed the West. He continued to work as a photographer until he accepted a position in the US Treasury Department. A terrible case of tuberculosis forced him to resign. He died shortly after in Staten Island, NY in 1882. Provenance:Property of Another Consignor Condition: Some toning of the image, but has not been observed outside its frame.
Albumen photograph, 11 x 14 in. (sight), of a group of Paiute Indians, photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan, from the 1871 Wheeler Expedition. Framed, 21 x 24.5 in. The Geographical Survey by Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler intended to create maps and useful information for future military operations, the creation of roads, and potential railways. The survey cataloged natural resources and recorded the locations and populations of Indian tribes. Timothy H. O'Sullivan was a young apprentice to Mathew Brady and joined Brady's Photographic Corps, managed by Alexander Gardner in Washington DC as a field photographer in 1861. Disgruntled with Brady, O'Sullivan and Gardner left the studio and established their own. In 1870, O'Sullivan joined Commander T.O. Sulfridge and photographed the West. He continued to work as a photographer until he accepted a position in the US Treasury Department. A terrible case of tuberculosis forced him to resign. He died shortly after in Staten Island, NY in 1882. Provenance:Property of Another Consignor Condition: Some toning of the image, but has not been observed outside its frame.
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