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Grand Canyon, Arizona, from Grand View, on the Santa Fe

William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955)

Object Details

  • Date

    1920

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photochromolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. printed: GRAND CANYON, NATIONAL PARK

    u.r. printed: COPR. FRED HARVEY

    l.l. to l.r. printed: 14935 GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, FROM GRAND VIEW, ON THE SANTA FE AFTER PAINTING BY W.R. LEIGH

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. printed: THE GRAND CANYON is not a mere narrow \ frowning gash of incredible depth, but a broad \ underworld that reaches to the uttermost horizon \ and seems as vast as the earth itself, studded with \ immeasurable pyramidal mountains of massive \ bulk hewn from gaudiest rockstrata that barely lift \ the cones and turrets of their crests to the level of \ the eye, and banded over all with vivid colors of \ transparent brilliancy that are harmonized ny \ atmosphere and refraction to a marvelous delicacy.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.344

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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