Wall in the Grand Canon, Colorado River – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Wall in the Grand Canon, Colorado River, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Wall in the Grand Canon, Colorado River
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The subject here is a towering wall of rock rising directly above the Colorado River, the kind of sheer face that defines the inner gorge of the Grand Canyon. Photographs of this type date largely from the 1870s, when federal survey parties and river expeditions, including those led by John Wesley Powell, first brought images of the canyon's interior to eastern audiences. Because the camera required long exposures and heavy equipment, photographers had to haul their gear by boat and on foot, which makes these views both a record of the landscape and of the difficulty of recording it. Notice how the scale of the wall dwarfs any human presence, a quality that helped convince the public that the canyon deserved protection.
| Original scan | 6,544 × 8,071 px · prints to 22 × 27 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 10020u |
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