[Facile descensus]

[Facile descensus]

Photograph

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Maker
American, b. Ireland, 1840–1882

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

American

[Facile descensus]

ca. 1868
Albumen silver print
28.0 x 22.6 cm.
Gift of Harvard University
1981.1888.0042
Inscriptions Printed in ink on mount recto, BC: U.S. \ No. \ Engineer Department. \ Geological
Exploration, Fortieth Parallel. \ T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer.
Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, BRC: Facile decensus [sic] –
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