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Image: Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona

Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona

1872
19th century
274 x 196 mm (10.8 x 7.7 in.)

William Abraham Bell, British (English), (1841–1920)

Object Type: photograph
Medium and Support: Albumen print from wet-plate collodion negative
Edition: Wheeler Expedition, 1872
Marks: Inscribed on mount, lower left: “W. Bell, Phot.”; inscribed on mount, lower right: “No. 14”
Bibliography: Naef, Era of Exploration, fig. 76.
Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1981
Accession Number: 1981.3.2

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  • Arizona - TGN 7006451
  • landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]
  • rock - Naturally formed aggregate of one or more minerals. For processed or dressed rock use "stone." [January 1996 alternate term added. February 1992 descriptor moved. December 1991 scope note added.]
  • Southwest - TGN 4010660 (general region): Area to which term applies has changed with westward expansion of the USA; today usually refers to Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas; area is linked by arid climate & pastoral agricultural economy.
  • Western United States - TGN 4011500 (general region): Typically refers to states West of the Rocky Mountains (New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California) and Texas. The term may also sometimes include the states above Texas (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma).

Dimensions
  • image Dimensions: 274 x 196 mm (10.8 x 7.7 in.)

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