Photographs Showing Landscapes, Geological and Other Features, of Portions of the Western Territory of the United States, Obtained in connection with Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Season of 1872
Medium
Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Dimensions
Image (each, approximately): 11 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (28.2 × 20 cm) Sheet (each, approximately): 11 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (28.2 × 20 cm) Printed Border (each): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 28 cm) Mount (each): 19 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (50.1 × 40 cm) Overall: 20 1/16 × 17 3/16 × 2 1/4 in. (51 × 43.6 × 5.7 cm)
Classification
Albums|Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.585 (1–35)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Bell|Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler · 1830–1910
William Bell (1830–1910) was an English-born American photographer whose career bridged medical documentation and the exploration of the American West. Born in Liverpool, England, he immigrated to the United States and served in the Mexican-American War of 1846–48. After the conflict, he entered the emerging field of photography by partnering with his brother-in-law, the Philadelphia daguerreotypi...