Artwork details
- Date:
- c. 1850 - c. 1880
- Medium:
- cardboard, photographic support, albumen print
- Dimensions:
- 843 × 440 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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Rotslandschap gezien vanaf de Via Mala
View of Grand Cañon walls, near mouth of Diamond River. From water line to first shelf 1.500 feet; from shelf to top of table 3.500 feet. Distance from point of view to top of walls 3 miles, No. 6 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Taminakloof, met op de achtergrond de Falknis
Rotslandschap nabij Lynton
Trap naar de Chapelle de Notre-Dame du Scex bij Saint-Maurice
Bergpad naar de Tomlishorn, een bergtop in het Pilatus-massief, Zwitserland
Kustlandschap (vermoedelijk) in het Verenigd Koninkrijk
The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Rotskust, vermoedelijk bij Ilfracombe
Rotsen langs de Llanberis Pass
Ingang van vermoedelijk de Taminakloof nabij Pfäfers, Zwitserland
Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River, No. 4 from the series "Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Gezicht op de Pass of Melfort vlakbij Oban
The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1.500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling, No. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Gezicht op de Buerbreengletsjer nabij Odda, Noorwegen
Gezicht op de Pont du Milieu op de Via Mala
Bergbeklimmers langs een bergpas
Gezicht op de kloof bij Blackgang Chine
Central portion of Canñon de Chelle, New Mexico. This Canñon is one of the most remarkable in the west, and is noted for its beauty. The walls are of Red Sand-stone, nearly perpendicular, and at this point are 1.200 feet in height, No. 24 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Gezicht op ruiters in de Vallei der Koningen, Egypte
Gezicht op de Gap of Dunloe
Steeple Rock in Kynance Cove nabij Cornwall, Engeland
Steeple Rock in Kynance Cove nabij Cornwall, Engeland
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, Main Fall, 210 feet from upper to lower level, width of fall, 800 feet from upper to lower level; Height of Cañon wall at the falls, 1.000 feet. A number of minor falls, Islands, and boulder rocks above the main fall add beauty to the lonely majesty of this scene, No. 48 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"