id: 156058 accession number: 1991.309 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.309 updated: 2024-10-31 08:22:04.028000 Cañon of the Rio las Animas, c. 1882–1886. William Henry Jackson (American, 1843–1942). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 42.1 x 53.1 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.); matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann 1991.309 title: Cañon of the Rio las Animas title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1882–1886 creation date earliest: 1882 creation date latest: 1886 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann copyright: --- culture: America technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * William Henry Jackson (American, 1843–1942) - artist William Henry Jackson American, 1843-1942 Although considered primarily a photographer of the American frontier, William Henry Jackson's long life and early start in photography allowed him to bridge several different eras during his nearly 80 years in the field. Jackson (born in Keesville, New York) worked as a photographic retoucher in 1858 and served as a staff artist in the 12th Vermont Infantry, Company K, for the Union army in 1862. After the war, he worked at several establishments in the Northeast before opening a studio, Jackson Brothers, with his brother Edward in Omaha in 1867. Two years later he photographed along the newly opened Union Pacific Railroad, making approximately 10,000 stereoviews. In 1870 Jackson began an eight-year assignment as official photographer to the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of Ferdinand V. Hayden, producing important views of the American West: Wyoming and Yellowstone, Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, and lost cities in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. He went on to become a photographic publisher and entrepreneur in Denver, specializing in commissioned landscapes for the railroad. In 1893 Jackson was the official photographer for the World's Columbian Exposition. He painted as well, accepting a substantial mural commission in his 90s. Selected for a photography exhibition juried by Ansel Adams in 1939, Jackson also saw his work exhibited in 1942 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His legacy includes thousands of negatives and prints that contributed to the picturing of America in the 19th century. It was Jackson's photographs of Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and Mesa Verde that inspired the government to make these areas national parks. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 42.1 x 53.1 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in negative: "1077. CAÑON OF THE RIO LAS ANIMAS W.H. J. & Co. DENVER." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, April 11-June 28, 1987: "Western American Photography: The First 100 Years: Selections from the Amon Carter Museum." Catalogue no. 3083, p. 320, repr. p. 319.', 'opening_date': '1987-04-11T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 203 url: --- IMAGES