William H. Bell

American Photographer · 1830–1910

95 works on LinkedCulture

William H. Bell's photographic career was long and varied. In 1848 he entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law in Philadelphia; the pair operated a daguerreian studio for two years, until Bell branched out on his own, at times collaborating with other operators. A veteran of the Mexican War, Bell joined the Union Army and, after fighting in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg during t

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Works

A. Campbell. B. 51. N.Y. 19275.

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

A gravel bed carved by the rain, Salt Creek Canon, Utah.

Getty Museum · 1872

A gravel bed carved by the rain, Salt Creek Canon, Utah.

Getty Museum · 1872

Carpenter's Hall, Phila, Pa.

Getty Museum · about 1865–1875

Colorado River, above the mouth of the Paria. Walls 2,100 feet in height.

Getty Museum · 1872

Colorado River, above the mouth of the Paria. Walls 2,100 feet in height.

Getty Museum · 1872

Colorado River, below the Paria.

Getty Museum · 1872

[David T. Mansfield, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

Devil's Anvil, near foot of To-ro-weap Valley. River 3,000 feet below.

Getty Museum · 1872

[D. Lake, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[D. Werts, E 208th Pa. 21041. Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

Edward F. Gray. Sergt. Co. B. 38# Ohio. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1864

Edward Gyles Pvt. Co. G. 179 N.Y.V. resection elbow joint in Field recovery.

Getty Museum · about 1865

E. Giles [Doctor with Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Fine Art Academy, Washington., D.C.

Getty Museum · about 1865–1875

F. Pilgrim. Co. D. 8 N.Y. Cav. admitted April 5 1865 to Harewood Hospital.

Getty Museum · 1865

Frank S. Hardy [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · October 30, 1864

Fritz Reter

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

Geo. Ruass [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

Geo. Ruass. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

Geo. W. White Pri. Co. E. 7. Ill. Cav. age 25...[Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · April 10, 1865

G.L. Mason. F. 211 Pa. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Grand Canon, mouth of Kanab Wash. Walls 1,800 feet in height.

Getty Museum · 1872

Grand Canon of the Colorado.

Getty Museum · 1872

Grand Canon of the Colorado.

Getty Museum · 1872

Gunnison.

Getty Museum · 1872

G.W. Perrott, 21, N.Y. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

Headland, Colorado Basin.

Getty Museum · 1872

[H.L. Lanning, G 86th N.Y. 11980. Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

H.S. Osborn.

Getty Museum · about 1865

Hugh Wright [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

J. Hamilton

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

J.L. Secord. H.5. Mich Cav. 20948. d. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Jno. Fredericks [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Jno. Hamilton. [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Jno. W. Medevich

Getty Museum · about 1865

[John Harvey, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

[John Kennedy Sgt. Co. K. 7th Ohio Calvry]

Getty Museum · 1864

[Leonard Felder, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1864–1868

Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · 1872

Marble Canon, one of the gorges of the Colorado, here 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone...slope..red limestone.

Getty Museum · 1872

Marble Canon, one of the gorges of the Colorado, here 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone...slope...red sandstone

Getty Museum · 1872

[Martin Kelley, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

Mormon village of Mona, below the foothills of Nebo Peak, Wahsatch Range.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mountain Range, near Fish Lake. Altitude, 11,575 feet.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mt. Nebo, from the West.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mt. Nebo, from the West.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mt. Range; Castle Valley in distance.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mt. Range, near Castle Valley.

Getty Museum · 1872

Mt. Range, near Castle Valley.

Getty Museum · 1872

Near Jacob's Pool, in northern Arizona. The cliff in the background is 1,500 feet high, the steep part..red Triassic sandstone..

Getty Museum · 1872

[N.E. Howland, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

No. 2. Case of John Frederick U.S.N. Side View.

Getty Museum · about 1864

No. 3. Case of John Frederick U.S.N. with Compensatory Apparatus By E.D. Hudson, M.D.

Getty Museum · about 1864

Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona

Getty Museum · 1872

Photo of a boy of 12 - four years after an Excision of the head of the right humerus. by Dr. A.C. Deane of Springfield, Mass.

Getty Museum · August 25, 1870

Plateau, North of the Grand Canyon

Getty Museum · 1872

[Portrait of an Unidentified Man wearing a long floppy bow tie]

Getty Museum · about 1852

Private Ross [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1865–1874

Priv. John Hamilton 1st Del. Vol. - Wounded at Hampton Va. April 1861

Getty Museum · 1861

Prvt. Robert C. Hill Co. 3. 57 Pa. Vols.

Getty Museum · about 1864

Pt. Jones Co. D. 67th N.Y.

Getty Museum · about 1865

Pv. Chas F. Read. Co. I, 37th Inf. Spec. 5576 [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

Range West of Grass Valley.

Getty Museum · 1872

Salt Creek Canon, near Mt. Nebo.

Getty Museum · 1872

Sand sculpture. The limestone boulders which lie in the bed of the Colorado River are carved and polished by the sand...

Getty Museum · 1872

Sevier River Valley, to the south of Gunnison, Utah.

Getty Museum · 1872

Small artificial lake for irrigating purposes at Mona.

Getty Museum · 1872

[S.R. Willis, gunshot wound left side]

Getty Museum · about 1865

T.F. Pridgeon [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1868

"The Bath," a dripping spring in Kanab Canon. Temperature, 69 [degrees] Fahr.

Getty Museum · 1872

The Bath, Kanab Wash.

Getty Museum · 1872

The Canon of Kanab Creek, near where it joins the Grand Canon of the Colorado. The walls are limestone...2,500 feet in height.

Getty Museum · 1872

The Canon of Kanab Creek, near where it joins the Grand Canon of the Colorado. The walls are of limestone...2,500 feet in height

Getty Museum · 1872

The Grand Canon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap Valley. River 3,000 feet below.

Getty Museum · 1872

The Grand Canon of the Colorado, near the mouth of Kanab Creek. The river has here cut its channel about 3,500 feet below..level

Getty Museum · 1872

The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water...

Getty Museum · 1872

The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water...

Getty Museum · 1872

The northern wall of the Grand Canon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap valley. The rounded rocks...are sand-stone.

Getty Museum · 1872

Thomas E. Buckley. Private - Co. 7. 3rd Ohio Cavlry [Detail of a Civil War victim's foot]

Getty Museum · 1864

Three Lakes Canon. Gray Cliffs in the distance; near Kanab, U.T.

Getty Museum · 1872

[Two unidentified Civil War victim seated]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[Unidentified bearded Civil War victim, seated]

Getty Museum · 1862–1870

[Unidentified Civil War victim in profile, seated]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[Unidentified Civil War victim with his multilated leg propped up]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[Unidentified Civil War victim with Vandyke beard, right leg amputated]

Getty Museum · about 1865

View in the Grand Canon of the Colorado River.

Getty Museum · 1872

View in the high country, on the headwaters of the Dirty Devil River. The rocks in the foreground are volcanic...trees...spruce.

Getty Museum · 1872

[Walter Griffith, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[Wesley Walters, Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

W.H. Moses [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[W. Hogan, H 1st ME. 20740. Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1864

[W. Hurley, D 61 Pa. 13762. Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

W.J. Knight [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · about 1865

Wm. Whitten [Civil War victim]

Getty Museum · 1865–1867