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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Group of pah-Ute Indians, Nevada, 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Group of pah-Ute Indians, Nevada, 1871

Sale Date: May 22, 2007

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View of the Appomattox river, Virginia, May..., 1865

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View of the Appomattox river, Virginia, May..., 1865

Sale Date: September 8, 2006

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Snake River Cañon, Idaho (View from above..., 1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Snake River Cañon, Idaho (View from above..., 1874

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Navajo Church, 1873

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Navajo Church, 1873

Sale Date: October 19, 2004

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Bluff opposite Big Horn Camp, Black Cañon,..., 1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Bluff opposite Big Horn Camp, Black Cañon,..., 1871

Sale Date: October 19, 2004

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Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below..., 1870

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Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below..., 1870

Sale Date: October 15, 2004

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Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, 1866–1866

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, 1866–1866

Sale Date: May 18, 2004

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View near the head of Conejos River, 1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

View near the head of Conejos River, 1874

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Shoshones Falls

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Shoshones Falls

Sale Date: April 23, 2003

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View near the head of Conejos River, 1874–1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

View near the head of Conejos River, 1874–1874

Sale Date: October 21, 2002

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

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

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

Sale Date: October 15, 2002

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Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, , 1862–1862

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, , 1862–1862

Sale Date: June 6, 2002

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The church of San Miguel, 1873–1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

The church of San Miguel, 1873–1873

Sale Date: June 6, 2002

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Water rhyolites near Logan Springs,..., 1872–1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Water rhyolites near Logan Springs,..., 1872–1872

Sale Date: April 17, 2002

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Bluff opposite Big Horn Camp, Black..., 1872–1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Bluff opposite Big Horn Camp, Black..., 1872–1872

Sale Date: April 17, 2002

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Ruins in ancient pueblo of San Juan,..., 1874–1874

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Ruins in ancient pueblo of San Juan,..., 1874–1874

Sale Date: April 15, 2002

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Iceberg Cañon, Colorado River, looking..., 1871–1871

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Iceberg Cañon, Colorado River, looking..., 1871–1871

Sale Date: April 15, 2002

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Section of south side of Zuni pueblo,..., 1873–1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Section of south side of Zuni pueblo,..., 1873–1873

Sale Date: February 19, 2002

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Cañon de Chelley, Walls of the Grand..., 1873–1873

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Cañon de Chelley, Walls of the Grand..., 1873–1873

Sale Date: October 4, 2001

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Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, 1872–1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, 1872–1872

Sale Date: October 3, 2001

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Cereus Giganteus, Arizona, 1872–1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Cereus Giganteus, Arizona, 1872–1872

Sale Date: October 3, 2001

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Field where General Reynolds fell,..., 1863–1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Field where General Reynolds fell,..., 1863–1863

Sale Date: October 2, 2001

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Snow Peaks, Bull Run mining district,..., 1870–1879

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Snow Peaks, Bull Run mining district,..., 1870–1879

Sale Date: December 12, 2000

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

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

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

Sale Date: October 13, 2000

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