Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
No. 13. Grand Canon of the Colorado River, mouth of Kanab Wash, looking west.
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 34/Normal/19th c./American/Artists A-Z GA 2010.02155
Identifier
ark:/88435/dch989rg78b
Publisher
1872.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1872
Extent
1 item ; print 27.5 x 20.1 cm. sheet 50.5 x 40.5 cm.
References
Taft, p. 306
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Albumen prints
Item description: Used dry plate process, probably tannin.
Provenance: Stamp on verso, "Princeton University // Department of Geology // Library".
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".
Signed on mount imprint, lower left: "W. Bell, Phot.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)—In art
Canyons—Arizona—In art
Americana—West (U.S.).
Rivers—Arizona—In art
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)—In art
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/1db17db1-d4f5-4351-b07d-4e98168b9a52/manifest