William Henry Jackson
American, 1843–1942
Old Faithful
INV-2121
William Henry Jackson
American, 1843–19421871
Old Faithful
William Henry Jackson American, 1843–1942 →19th centuryphotographalbumen silver print
Date
1871
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 21.3 × 17.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Mount: 27 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Robert A. Taub
In 1871 the photographer William Henry Jackson joined Ferdinand Hayden’s Geological Survey to document an area of northwestern Wyoming that was later designated Yellowstone National Park. As an unpaid correspondent, Jackson was permitted to keep the negatives he made during the expedition. An astute businessman, he subsequently marketed albums and prints of his landscapes, which were the first views of Wyoming that many Americans saw. Unlike most albumen prints, the example here was not pasted to a rigid support; nevertheless it survived in good condition and required only minor repairs upon its recent arrival at the Art Institute.
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