Timothy H. O'Sullivan

(American, 1840–1882)

Timothy H. O’Sullivan was an American photographer best known for his images of the American Civil War and landscapes of the West. The austerely sculptural images he captured of river canyons in Colorado are among his most acclaimed works. “His landscapes are as precisely and as economically composed as a good masonry wall,” John Szarkowski once wrote of his photographs. “It is as though every square inch of the precious glass plate, carried so far at so great an effort, had to be justified completely.” Born in c. 1840 in Ireland, he grew up in New York, beginning his photography career as an apprentice to Mathew Brady. In 1861, O’Sullivan accompanied Brady to photograph images of the Civil War, where he established himself through capturing the carnage at the Battle of Gettysburg. In the decades that followed, the artist traveled on geological surveys sponsored by the US government, where he carried around the materials he needed to develop photos in a wagon and in his bags. He later photographed Apache scouts, Zuni pueblos, and the ruins of the cliff-dwelling culture of Canyon de Chelly. O’Sullivan died on January 14, 1882 in Staten Island, NY. Today, his photographs are held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

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Gettysburg from the West. [The Town of..., 1863

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Gettysburg from the West. [The Town of..., 1863

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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The "Mine," Petersburg, Virginia, 1864, 1864

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain , 1864

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Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain , 1864

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, 6th..., 1861–1865

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, 6th..., 1861–1865

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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View on Appomattox River, Virginia, 1864, 1864

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View on Appomattox River, Virginia, 1864, 1864

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Fort Hell, 1865

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Fort Hell, 1865

Sale Date: June 18, 2021

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN,..., 1871–1874

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN,..., 1871–1874

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Shoshone Falls, Idaho, 1874

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Shoshone Falls, Idaho, 1874

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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Pontoon Boat, Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864

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Pontoon Boat, Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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CAÑON DE CHELLE, WALLS OF THE GRAND CAÑON ABOUT...

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CAÑON DE CHELLE, WALLS OF THE GRAND CAÑON ABOUT...

Sale Date: October 1, 2020

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Rock carved by drifting sand, below...

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Rock carved by drifting sand, below...

Sale Date: December 13, 2018

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Idaho. Shoshone falls. Snake River, 1874

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Idaho. Shoshone falls. Snake River, 1874

Sale Date: November 8, 2018

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Arizona. Canyon de Chelle

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Arizona. Canyon de Chelle

Sale Date: November 8, 2018

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Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, New..., 1873

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Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, New..., 1873

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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Group of three unseparated stereo pairs, 1868

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Group of three unseparated stereo pairs, 1868

Sale Date: December 14, 2017

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États-Unis (5 works), 1871–1874

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États-Unis (5 works), 1871–1874

Sale Date: November 12, 2017

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North Fork Cañon, Sierra Blanca Creek,..., 1873

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North Fork Cañon, Sierra Blanca Creek,..., 1873

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Section of South Side of Zuni, Pueblo, N.M

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Section of South Side of Zuni, Pueblo, N.M

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Lake in Conejos Canon, CO., circa..., 1871–1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Lake in Conejos Canon, CO., circa..., 1871–1874

Sale Date: May 6, 2016

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Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona, 1873

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Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona, 1873

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Black Canon, Colorado River, Looking Above..., 1873

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Black Canon, Colorado River, Looking Above..., 1873

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona

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Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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Snake River Canon Idaho

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Snake River Canon Idaho

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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View Near Head of Conejos River, Col.

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

View Near Head of Conejos River, Col.

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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