Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River, No. 4 from the series "Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882)
1871
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Classification
- Photograph
- Dimensions
- Each image: 9.3 × 7.5 cm (3 11/16 × 3 in.); Card: 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- United States
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Richard L. Menschel
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
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About this work
Text printed on reverse of stereocard:
WAR DEPARTMENT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A.<BR> Geographical EXPLORATIONS and SURVEYS WEST of the 100th MERIDIAN. No. 4.
Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River. The water flows from the rocks above, and the umbrella-shaped rock about it is tufa, that has been formed by deposition from the mineral constituents of the water. The light spot seen through and beyond is the sand-beach of the river. Looking through this Grotta is seen in the distance the walls of the Grand Cañon, 3.500 feet in height on either side.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
