[Geysers] Old Faithful engraving

[SCOTT BRYAN]

Indeed, that was (so obvious, huh) Old Faithful. One source is indeed that California Illustrated... book, cited by Gary Einstein. Those interested can find the entire publication, including these engravings, at:
http://books.google.com/books/pdf/California_Illustrated.pdf?id=1wrLmNUAg5kC&output=pdf&sig=XKdjOvrzy7zMI8wLl0oqoBLBYy0<http://books.google.com/books/pdf/California_Illustrated.pdf?id=1wrLmNUAg5kC&output=pdf&sig=XKdjOvrzy7zMI8wLl0oqoBLBYy0>

That, however, is not my source for the picture. The original actually appeared first in an 1874 publication in France. The original are was by Edouard Riou, as engraved by Theophile Henri Hildebrand. The same team also did the illustrations of Castle and Crested, and of Grotto. Unstated but rather certain is that Riou based his art on photos by William Henry Jackson. (Where they really made their money, apparently, was in working with Jules Verne, for whom they did the art for the first editions of "Around the World in 80 Days", "20,000 leagues Under the Sea", and etc.)

T. Scott
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