id:			449526
accession number:	2021.204
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.204
updated:		2024-04-19 11:00:45.482000

Canon of Kanab Wash, Looking South, Colorado River, 1872. William H. Bell (American, 1830–1910). Albumen print from glass plate negative; image: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.); paper: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2021.204

title:				Canon of Kanab Wash, Looking South, Colorado River
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creation date:			1872
creation date earliest:		1872
creation date latest:		1872
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creditline:			Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
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culture:	America
technique:	Albumen print from glass plate negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* William H. Bell (American, 1830–1910)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on recto, middle center: "WAR DEPARTMENT (seal of eagle and laurels)"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on recto, top margin: "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black ink on recto, top margin: "Expedition of 1872 Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g."
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	inscription:	Imprinted in image: "W. Bell, Phot"
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	inscription:	Imprinted on recto, center: "COLORADO RIVER SERIES./CAÑON OF KANAB WASH, LOOKING SOUTH./No. 21."
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	inscription:	Stamped in red ink on verso: "8399-37 (written in pencil)"
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: "GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE/Redundant/Removed date: 2/11/03 JR (in pencil)"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "Acc 8399-37/x 80: 151:15"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "B 435 A"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William S. and Margaret Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 6, 2021
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.204/2021.204_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.204/2021.204_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.204/2021.204_full.tif