Cinnabar Mountain and Devil's Slide
1880–1889
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image: 44.2 × 54.6 cm (17 3/8 × 21 1/2 in.) sheet: 44.5 × 55.2 cm (17 1/2 × 21 3/4 in.) mount: 55.2 × 67 cm (21 3/4 × 26 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the UBS Art Collection
Accession Number
2023.30.81
Art Historical Context
Step into the dramatic landscapes of the American West with *Cinnabar Mountain and Devil's*, an albumen print captured by F. Jay Haynes 1880 and 1889. Haynes, a pioneering photographer renowned for documenting Yellowstone National Park and its surroundings, masterfully frames these striking geological features: the rugged rise of Cinnabar Mountain the sheer, serpentine Devil's Slide—a basalt cliff formation along the Yellowstone River near the park's north entrance. Measuring an impressive 44.2 × 54.6 cm, this large-format image invites viewers to experience the untamed beauty of the frontier....