Uitgang van een tunnel op de Gotthardpas in Uri, Zwitserland

anonymous

Rijksmuseum

Artwork details

Date:: 1879 - 1889
Medium:: cardboard, paper, albumen print
Dimensions:: 843 × 424 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

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"

Ingang van een tunnel op de Gotthardpas in Uri, Zwitserland

Gezicht op de Trientkloof

Bron voor de warmtebaden van Bad Ragaz in de Taminakloof, Zwitserland

Taminakloof, met op de achtergrond de Falknis

Mouth of the Paria, Colorado River; walls 2.100 feet in height, No. 11 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Gezicht op de Taminakloof

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"

Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River, No. 4 from the series "Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Unknown, from the series "Views of Switzerland"

Tunnel nabij Flüelen

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"