William Henry JacksonAmerican, 1843–1942Echo Cliffs, Grand River Canyon
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
This image, taken in 1887, shows the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad’s route alongside the Grand River (now the Colorado River) through present-day Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. The D&RG was racing another firm to reach Aspen first. Their haste is evidenced in the narrow-gauge tracks laid atop standard-gauge wooden ties. The route was converted to standard-gauge track in 1889–91. This print, made around 1900, is a photochrome, which is an ink-based process that produces color images from black-and-white photographic negatives. The museum also owns a photographic print of the image (2010.418), printed around 1893–1900.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2003.292
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: Wikimedia Commons — CC0
