Looking out from Black Hawk's Cave, No. 1121 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"
Catalogue
- Year
- 1870
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Dimensions
- Each image: 10 × 7.4 cm (3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Card: 10.7 × 17.7 cm (4 1/4 × 7 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henry Hamilton Bennett
Artist
Printmaking
Henry Hamilton Bennett was an American landscape photographer active in the late 19th century, known for his large-format views of the Wisconsin Dells and surrounding regions. Working with albumen and gelatin silver print processes, he documented the dramatic sandstone formations and river valleys of the Upper Midwest with exceptional clarity and compositional precision. His extensive survey of the landscape established a visual archive of the region during a period of significant geological and environmental change.
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- Henry Hamilton Bennett
- Year
- 1870
- Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
- Dimensions
- Each image: 10 × 7.4 cm (3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Card: 10.7 × 17.7 cm (4 1/4 × 7 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1870-129083
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified