Cañon of the Rio Las Animas, William Henry Jackson

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William Henry Jackson, Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
William Henry Jackson, Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
William Henry Jackson
Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
circa 1880s
William Henry Jackson, artist
1843–1942
Cañon of the Rio Las Animas, circa 1880s
Where object was made: Colorado, United States
Material/technique: albumen print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 43.5 x 53.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 1/8 x 20 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 30 x 36 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1978.0111
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Claimed: Land Use in Western America," Jun-2007, Kate Meyer “Apparently with the rise of industry, we began to romanticize the wilderness - which is to say we began to industrialize it within the concept of the ‘scenic.’ Because of railroads and improved highways, the wilderness was no longer an arduous passage for the traveler, but something to be looked at as grand or beautiful from the high vantages of the road-side. We became viewers of ‘views.’” Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, 1977