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<DIV>A few days ago I posted a query, then later one of the early
engravings I have of Yellowstone thermal features, each of which includes one or
more highly exaggerated human figures (they always of ridiculously small scale
per reality). Lee Whittlesey, who by the way has no direct knowledge of any of
these artists, advised me to contact Peter Hassrick, author of _Drawn to
Yellowstone_ and employed at the Denver Art Museum. He replied, and while I
still know rather little, what I do know is more than before. In summary:</DIV>
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<DIV>E. Riou is no doubt Edouard Riou, better known as a French landscape
painter, lived 1833 to 1900. We don't know if he ever came to the USA, but most
likely his drawings were simply based on W. H. Jackson's photos, and
embellished.</DIV>
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<DIV>The artists of "The Great Geyser", the image that shows a huge Crested Pool
with Castle's cone (a nd a highly imaginative steam plume to the right of the
cone) was done by one T. Hildebrand. We still know nothing whatsoever about him.
He undoubtedly was German, yes, but that's all we know.</DIV>
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<DIV>A last image I have is done in the same fashion as the others, in this case
showing the cone of Giant Geyser in eruption with a tiny little man running
hell-bent away from it. (In this case, by extrapolation, Giant's cone must be at
least 25 feet tall -- moe, actually, since the poor scared gentleman in well
closer to the viewer than is the geyser.) This image appeared in _Picturesque
America..._, written and published by William Cullen Bryant in (remarkably)
1872. In this case, we do know that the artist was Harry Fenn and that he did
base his drawings on Jackson's photos. Fenn apparently has some sort of
biography in _Who Was Who in American Art, volume 1, by Peter Hastings Falk
(Sound View Press, 1999) Might anybody have access to that?.. I'll include the
Giant image here.</DIV>
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