[Wisconsin Landscape]

[Wisconsin Landscape] by Henry Hamilton Bennett

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 in. )

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Winthrop Edey, 1999

Accession Number

1999.367.5

Tags

RoadsLandscapesCarriages

About the Artist

Henry Hamilton Bennett · 18431908

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...

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