Timothy H. O'Sullivan : the King Survey photographs /

"Clarence King's Survey, undertaken between 1867 and 1872, covered a vast swath of terrain, from the border of California eastward to the edge of the Great Plains. It was the first survey to include a full-time photographer--Timothy O'Sullivan--who produced about 450 finished photogra...

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Main Author: Davis, Keith F., 1952-
Corporate Authors: Art Institute of Chicago, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Hall Family Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.)
Other Authors: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Aspinwall, Jane Lee, 1967-, Brunet, François, Herron, John P., 1968-, Klett, Mark, 1952-, Zugazagoitia, Julián
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kansas City, Mo. : Hall Family Foundation : In Association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, [2011]
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ISBN:9780300179842 (cloth)
0300179847 (cloth)
Table of Contents:
  • Representing the West: from Lewis and Clark to the great surveys of 1867-79 / Keith F Davis
  • Making an American landscape: art, nature, and the science of Clarence King / John P Herron
  • Clarence King's fortieth parallel survey / Keith F Davis
  • Timothy H. O'Sullivan: photographer / Keith F Davis
  • Plates
  • Showing American geography abroad in the Victorian Era: the international reception of the King survey work / François Brunet
  • Seeing what O'Sullivan saw / Mark Klett
  • Timothy H. O'Sullivan's fortieth parallel survey photographs: a chronology and catalogue raisonné / Jane L Aspinwall.