Mirror Lake, near the Wisconsin Dells
Henry Hamilton Bennett
c. 1900
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19 × 24.3 cm (7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 19.6 × 24.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the UBS Art Collection
Accession Number
2023.30.20
About the Artist
Henry Hamilton Bennett · 1843–1908
Henry Hamilton Bennett (1843–1908) was a pioneering American photographer whose breathtaking images of the Wisconsin Dells transformed a rugged river gorge into one of the nation's premier tourist destinations. Born in Farnham, Quebec, Canada, on January 15, 1843, Bennett moved with his family to Brattleboro, Vermont, before settling in Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells), Wisconsin, in 1857 at ag...