Great Morainal Valley on the Arkansas at Mouth of La Plata

William Henry Jackson American, 1843-1942
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Great Morainal Valley on the Arkansas at Mouth of La Plata

between 1870 and 1879

William Henry Jackson

1843-1942

American

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Albumen print

Sheet: 17 1/8 × 22 inches (43.5 × 55.9 cm) Mount: 25 × 29 7/8 inches (63.5 × 75.9 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of James Crawford in memory of Doris E. Moore

F1986.155

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Signed, on the negative, lower right: Jackson. Photo. .

Printed, on the negative, lower right: GREAT MORAINAL VALLEY/ON THE ARKANSAS AT MOUTH OF LA PLATA . Printed, on mount, upper center: Department of the Interior/U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories/PROF. F. V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE Printed, lower left: W. H. JACKSON, PHOTO.

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James Crawford;
1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Hales, Peter. William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape. Philadelphia, 1988, p.116, (pl. 74).

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William Henry Jackson, Great Morainal Valley on the Arkansas at Mouth of La Plata, between 1870 and 1879, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Crawford in memory of Doris E. Moore, F1986.155.

Great Morainal Valley on the Arkansas at Mouth of La Plata
Great Morainal Valley on the Arkansas at Mouth of La Plata