  About the Artwork
  
  
  This view of Shoshone Falls with its cascading waterfalls and masses of fir trees is typical of Jackson’s romantic approach to landscape photography. Jackson often deliberately placed a human figure in his photographs to enhance the viewer’s appreciation of the vast scale of his subject. Here a tiny figure can be discerned seated on a rock at the base of the falls. Jackson’s photographs had wide distribution through his work for the railroads and his later association with the Detroit Publishing Company. His images played a major role in making Americans aware of the magnificent natural wonders of the West.
  
  
  Title
  Shoshone Falls, Idaho
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1870 and 1880
  
  Artist
  William Henry Jackson
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1843-1942
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Albumen print
  
  
  Dimensions
  Sheet: 20 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (51.1 × 43.5 cm)
  Mount: 27 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (68.9 × 54.3 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Photographs
  
  
  Department
  Prints, Drawings &amp; Photographs
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Edna Burian Skelton Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  F77.1
  
  
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