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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1170
People
William Henry Jackson, American (Keesville, New York 1843 - 1942 New York, New York)
Title
Cañon of Grand River, Utah
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1890
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Utah
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157425

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 42.2 x 53.9 cm (16 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
mount: 52.3 x 63.3 cm (20 9/16 x 24 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, b.r., inscribed in negative: 1430. CANON OF GRAND RIVER, UTAH. [over] W.H. JACKSON PHOT. CO. DENVER.
  • stamp and inscription: verso, u.l. corner, blue stamp with black ink: Utah [over] River canyon. [over] waste --cone in river. [over] Plateau - little dissected.
  • stamp and inscription: verso, center, blue and black inks: RETURN TO FOLIO. [over] Utah

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Geology Department Library
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1170
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Michelle Lamuniere, A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2005), p. 4, fig. 3, ill.

Exhibition History

  • A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005
  • Fifty Photographs, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 07/06/2016 - 09/24/2016

Verification Level

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