Plate 284

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Title Plate 284
Alternative Title Camp 62, composite sketch and photograph
Description Juxtaposition of a sketch of the country along the Little Cimarron River where the Gunnison expedition camped on September 12, 1853, and a recent photograph by Robert Shlaer from approximately the same place. In the distance to the left is Poverty Mesa and center-right the slopes of Black Mesa that lead down to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Date 1853-09-12
Is Part of http://www.kernsketches.com
Creator Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853; Shlaer, Robert
Publisher Boxelder Books, an imprint of the University of Utah Press
Spatial Coverage Gunnison River Valley, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States; San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States
Subject San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Art; Landforms--Colorado--Gunnison County--Art; Gunnison River Valley (Colo.)--Art; Gunnison County (Colo.)--Art; Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys--Art; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Photographs; Landforms--Colorado--Gunnison County--Photographs; Gunnison River Valley (Colo.)--Photographs; Gunnison County (Colo.)--Photographs
Photo Number 284
Setname uu_rkfws
ID 1697993
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xt1tt7
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