A color print of a double-waterfall coming down from high cliffs into a green valley full of trees.

The Yo-semite Falls

Thomas Ayres (1816-1858)

Date

1855
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Kuchel & Dresel

Published by Britton & Rey
Dimensions

Image: 20 3/4 x 14 11/16 in.
Sheet: 23 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: SKETCHED FROM NATURE BY T.A.AYRES.
l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal. \ PRINTED BY BRITTON & REY. \ THE YO- SEMITE FALLS, THIS MAGNIFICENT SCENE IS SITUATED IN THE YO-SEMITE VALLEY NEAR THE SOURCE OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE RIVER MERCED, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA . \ IT IS THE HIGHEST WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD-RUSHING OVER THE PRECIPICE, AT ONE BOLD LEAP IT FALLS 1,500 FEET & THE WHOLE HIGHT IS 2,500 FEET.
l.r.: ON STONE BY KUCHEL & DRESEL, 146 CLAY ST. S.F.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1972.183
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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