Grand Cañon of the Colorado

William H. Jackson, Grand Cañon of the Colorado, ca. 1880, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.85
William H. Jackson, Grand Cañon of the Colorado, ca. 1880, albumen silver print, sheet and image: 21 1⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in. (53.7 x 42.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.85
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Artwork Details

Title
Grand Cañon of the Colorado
Artist
Date
ca. 1880
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 21 1⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in. (53.7 x 42.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
albumen silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — river — Colorado River
  • Landscape — canyon — Grand Canyon of the Colorado
Object Number
1994.91.85
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1994.91.85

Artwork Description

William Henry Jackson spent the years between 1870 and 1879 as the official photographer for Ferdinand V. Harden’s U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. While working on this federally supported expedition, Jackson photographed the largely unsettled Western frontier, including the region that is now called Yellowstone National Park. Jackson’s photographs of Western subjects hung in the parlors of thousands of homes, and stimulated interest in the region among the business people and tourists alike.


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