Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Near Paria Creek, Looking West
1872
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
27.3 x 20.1 cm. (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1988
Accession Number
1988.1073
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Bell · 1830–1910
William Bell (1830–1910) was an English-born American photographer whose career bridged medical documentation and the exploration of the American West. Born in Liverpool, England, he immigrated to the United States and served in the Mexican-American War of 1846–48. After the conflict, he entered the emerging field of photography by partnering with his brother-in-law, the Philadelphia daguerreotypi...