[Geysers] Early engravings of Grotto

[Meyer, Judith L]

Scott,
In answer to your questions:
 
Yes, you presume correctly regarding the dates.  I did transpose the 8
and 9.  It should have read 1880s and 1890s.
 
And no, I did NOT know about the 1874 "The Cave" by Riou!  Other than
the eBay auction, have you seen the text elsewhere?  I assumed Gibson
"lifted" the image from someone else, since he plays fairly loose and
free with other parts of his book, but I had no idea where.  Thanks for
pointing me in the right direction!
 
Judy Meyer
 
(Judith L. Meyer; Associate Professor, Geography.  Southwest Missouri
State University.  jlm545f at smsu.edu)
 
 

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Subject: [Geysers] Early engravings of Grotto


This is mostly directed to the Judy Meyer who responded about my "based
on Gibson, 1887" illustration. I presume she is the same as Judith L.
Meyer, author of _Spirit of Yellowstone_? (Your e-mail address did not
appear in the mail.) If so, 
 
1. Do I correctly presume that when in your e-mail you said that the
image had appeared "in various forms... in the late 1880s and 1980s" you
really meant to say "1880s and 1890s"?
 
2. An online catalog search shows me that a copy of your 1996 edition is
in the West Yellowstone Public Library, so that's undoubtedly where I
found the image.
 
3. Were you aware of the "The Cave" by Riou, 1874? Might Judy or anybody
know if this is the "original" and if it was (or not) based on a known
photo (Jackson?, or ?).
 
Thanks!
 
Scott Bryan
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