Caption

Excelsior geyser, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Frank Jay Haynes, Yellowstone National Park, cliché maker: The Photo-gravure Co., New York (city), c. 1886 - in or before 1891, North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 165 mm x width 215 mm, hot spring, geyser, A wide landscape photograph in grayscale showing a large, towering plume of steam or mist rising dramatically from the right side, with textured billowing edges and varying tones from light to dark; a dark treeline silhouette sits low on the horizon beneath the plume, and a flat foreground of textured ground and shallow ripples extends toward the viewer under a darkened sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_020

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.5Mb (9.7Mb) / 15.2in x 12.4in / 4548 x 3729 (300dpi)

Keywords

Excelsior geyser page photomechanical print photographer Frank Jay Haynes Yellowstone National Park cliché maker Photo-gravure Co New York city c 1886 - 1891 North America paper collotype photoprint height 165 mm x width 215 mm hot spring geyser wide landscape photograph grayscale showing large towering plume steam mist rising dramatically right side textured billowing edges varying tones light dark dark treeline silhouette sits low horizon beneath plume flat foreground textured ground shallow ripples extends viewer under darkened sky