William Henry Jackson
Mancos Canyon, Looking Down from Near its Mouth

ArtistAmerican, 1843–1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mancos Canyon, Looking Down from Near its Mouth
Datec. 1870s
Place depictedColorado, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (10.8 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (10.8 × 18.4 cm)
Mount: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2015.630
Not on view

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Printed on mount, recto top center: Department of the Interior. / USGS / U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories / PROF. F.V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE. /
Printed in negative, recto of print bottom left: 160. MANCOS CANYON. LOOKING DOWN FROM NEAR ITS MOUTH.
Printed on mount, recto lower left below image: W.H. Jackson, PHOTO.
[no inscriptions verso]

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