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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Grand Canon, Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab...

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Grand Canon, Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab...

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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

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

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Stereoviews from the Wheeler Expeditions of...

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Stereoviews from the Wheeler Expeditions of...

Sale Date: June 12, 2015

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Cañon de Chelle, walls of the Grand Cañon..., 1873

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Cañon de Chelle, walls of the Grand Cañon..., 1873

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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View Near Head of Conejos River, Col.

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View Near Head of Conejos River, Col.

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Canon of the Colorado River

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Canon of the Colorado River

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Grand Canon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek,...

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Grand Canon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek,...

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Water Rhyolites, Near Logan Springs, Nevada *...

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Water Rhyolites, Near Logan Springs, Nevada *...

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Gettysburg, 1865

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Gettysburg, 1865

Sale Date: April 7, 2014

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North Fork Canon, Sierra Blanca Creek, Arizona, 1880

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North Fork Canon, Sierra Blanca Creek, Arizona, 1880

Sale Date: December 15, 2013

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Water Rhyolites, near Logan Springs, Nevada, 1871

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Water Rhyolites, near Logan Springs, Nevada, 1871

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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View on the Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca..., 1873

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View on the Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca..., 1873

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia, 1865

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Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia, 1865

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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Views of Petersburg Gas Works and Fort..., 1865

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Views of Petersburg Gas Works and Fort..., 1865

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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The pulpit, Fort Fisher, N.C., 1865

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The pulpit, Fort Fisher, N.C., 1865

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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The halt, 1864

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The halt, 1864

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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General post-office, army of the Potomac,..., 1863

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General post-office, army of the Potomac,..., 1863

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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Incidents of the war, Zouave Band 114th..., 1864

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Incidents of the war, Zouave Band 114th..., 1864

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range,..., 1873

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View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range,..., 1873

Sale Date: June 8, 2013

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Looking across the Colorado River to mouth..., 1873

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Looking across the Colorado River to mouth..., 1873

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above..., 1871

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Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above..., 1871

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range,..., 1873

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View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range,..., 1873

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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The Church of San Miguel, the oldest in..., 1873

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The Church of San Miguel, the oldest in..., 1873

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Ancient ruins in the canon de Chelle, NM,..., 1873

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Ancient ruins in the canon de Chelle, NM,..., 1873

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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