| Identifier |
1978_299a_woodWalk.jpg |
| Title |
Wood Walkway in Front of Niagara Falls |
| Alternate Title |
Chemin de planches devant les chutes pour passer dans la grotte des vents. Niagara. |
| Artist's Notation |
"paru dans La Nature" |
| Creator |
Tissandier, Albert 1839-1906 |
| Subject |
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1880-1890; Boardwalks--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1880-1890; Waterfalls--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1880-1890 |
| Published Location |
This image, engraved by H[enri] Thiriat, was published in La Nature, no 697 (9 Oct 1886), as figure 2 (p. 296), to accompany the twelfth installment of Albert Tissandier's "Lettres d'Amérique", with the caption "La grotte des vents en avant des chutes américaines (D'après nature.)" http://cnum.cnam.fr/CGI/fpage.cgi?4KY28.27/300/100/432/0/0 The same image appears as figure 79 (p. 277) in Albert Tissandier's book Six mois aux États-Unis : voyage d'un touriste dans l'Amérique du nord suivi d'une excursion à Panama (Paris : G. Masson, [1886]), with the caption "La Grotte des vents, en avant des chutes américaines, Niagara (d'après nature)", as well as on the back wrapper of the book. Associated text (p. 287): "Du parc réservé de Goat island, on descend au pied des chutes même pour passer le long des murailles derrière une partie de l'immense cataracte américaine. C'est l'endroit qu'on nomme la Grotte des vents, Cave of the Winds (fig. 79)." |
| Publisher |
Utah Museum of Fine Arts |
| Contributors |
Mary F. Francey |
| Date |
1885 |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Source |
Albert Tissandier: Drawings of Nature and Industry in the United States |
| Language |
fre |
| Rights Management |
Digital image c2001 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah |
| Source Physical Dimensions |
41.28 cm High x 28.58 cm Wide |
| Source Characteristics |
Pencil and brush applied ink on paper |
| Light Source |
Kaiser Softlite ProVision 6x55W flourescent 5400K daylight |
| Archival Resolution |
TIFF: 4032 x 5039 pixels |
| Display Resolution |
JPEG: 900 x 1237 pixels |
| Bit Depth |
36-bit color |
| Scanning Device |
Leica S1 Pro scanning camera; Hasselblad CFi 50mm F/4 lens; f/11 |
| Exhibit Catalog |
ISBN: 0-9657215-0-7; Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2001094211 |
| Setname |
uu_umfa_at |
| ID |
415820 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk1cds/415820 |
