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Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking North by William H. Bell — VisualArtsDB

Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking North

Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking North

William H. Bell

1872

Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 27.6 × 20.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 in.); Mount: 50 × 39.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Genre: albumen print from collodion negative
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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albumen print from collodion negative19th centuryphotographyphotographCollected by Hugh Edwards

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Grand Canon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking West

Grand Canon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking West

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Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East

Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking East

William H. Bell, 1872

Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West

Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West

William H. Bell, 1872

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"

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"

William H. Bell, 1872

Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South

Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South

William H. Bell, 1872

Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah

Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah

William H. Bell, 1872

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"

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"

William H. Bell, 1872

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"

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"

William H. Bell, 1872

Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Cañon, Utah

Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Cañon, Utah

William H. Bell, 1872

Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone, No. 13 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone, No. 13 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

William H. Bell, 1872

Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz Crossing

Looking South into the Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz Crossing

William H. Bell, 1872

Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking East

Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking East

William H. Bell, 1872