About the Artwork
Mountain of the Holy Cross
ca. 1873
William Henry Jackson
1843-1942
American
Unknown
Albumen print
Image: 9 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (23.5 × 33.7 cm) Mount: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of J. J. Bagley, 1900
F46.33
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Markings
Inscribed, in negative, lower left: 106. MOUNTAIN OF THE HOLY CROSS Inscribed, in brown ink, on mount, upper center, surrounding the official insignia used by the U.S. Geological Survey: Department of the Interior | U.S. Geoloical Survey of the Territories | PROF. F.V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE Inscribed, lower left: W.H. JACKSON, PHOTO. Inscribed, in black ink, on mount, verso, upper left: J.E. Bagley Inscribed, lower right, verso: Gift | J.J. Bagley | July 1900
Provenance
until 1946, J. J. Bagley
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Newhall, Beaumont and Diana E. Edkins. William H. Exh. cat., Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Fort Worth, Texas, 1974, p. 73 (ill.).
Naef, Weston, James Wood and Therese Thau Heyman. Era of Exploration. Exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York, 1975 (pl. 119).
Hales, Peter. William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape. Philadelphia,1988, p.133 (pl. 85).
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William Henry Jackson, Mountain of the Holy Cross, ca. 1873, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of J. J. Bagley, 1900, F46.33.
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