Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
No. 1. Canon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, looking south.
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 34/Normal/19th c./American/Artists A-Z GA 2010.02152
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcsn00bb350
Publisher
1872.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1872
Extent
1 item ; print 27.6 x 20 cm. sheet 50.6 x 40.7 cm.
References
Taft, p. 306
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Albumen prints
Inscribed in imprint on mount, above: "War Department - Corps of Engineers U.S. Army // Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1872. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Commanding".
Item description: Used dry plate process, probably tannin.
Signed on mount imprint, lower left: "W. Bell, Phot.".
Provenance: Stamp on verso, "Princeton University // Department of Geology // Library".

Discovery Information

Subject
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)—In art
Canyons—Arizona—In art
Americana—West (U.S.).
Natural landscapes—Arizona—1872
Landscapes—Arizona—1872
Landscapes—United States—1872
Landscapes—Southwestern States—1872

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ccddb820-eb9e-47f0-a978-c2977f44094b/manifest