Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
No. 47. Colorado River Series. Looking west into the Grand Canon, Sheaowitz Crossing.
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 34/Normal/19th c./American/Artists A-Z GA 2010.02159
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcp2677814h
Publisher
1872.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1872
Extent
1 item ; print 28.3 x 19.9 cm. sheet 51 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 // Explorations West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1872. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g".
Item description: Used dry plate process, probably tannin.
Provenance: Stamp on verso, "Princeton University // Department of Geology // Library".
Signed on mount imprint, lower left: "W. H. Bell, Phot.".

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/166dbea5-f7bd-4901-9088-32d1f8228400/manifest