<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>This will probably be my last posting about this matter -- the engravers, in this case, not the engravings themselves. I've been doing considerable searching both online and at the Ranco Mirage Public Library, which has an excellent art history section in reserve. Others asked that I pass along anything I learn, so here it is...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The guy who did the illustration of the huge Crested Pool with Castle Geyser's cone in the background is still an unknown -- not a hint of the name "T. Hildebrand" in anything. Should anybody find anything, somewhere... please.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The guy who did the exaggerated Grotto Geyser (which he called "The Cave Geyser"), an illustration that with essentially no modifications appeared in a number of later works, was Edouard Riou (1838-1900). In his time, Riou was extremely famous, and he was the illustrator of the first editions of such works as Jules Verne's _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_, _Around the World in 80 Days_, _Journey to the Center of the Earth_, and more. And he did extensive travel-based art. The Yellowstone engravings probably -- only probably -- appeared in an edition of the French journal _Le Monde Illustre_ (which went through hundreds of issues and might(?) still exist); I note, however, that my initial online source for this image (which was being sold on E-bay) cited it as coming from a "French travel publication" that was not named. Anyhow, so Riou is pretty well pinned down.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last is the image that shows a little tiny man running away from an erupting Giant Geyser, waving his arms -- is he running in fright or trying to attract the attention of others? It was done by one Harry Fenn. There is curiosity here. The image appeared in _Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In_, which is listed under the name of William Cullen Bryant. However, according to _Who Was Who in American Art_ (which I managed to find an old edition of) _Picturesque America..._ was Fenn's and served as America's "first ever gift book." So maybe Bryant was just the editor -- possible, since he was a newspaper man by primary profession. Anyhow... Fenn was born in England in 1845, first came to the USA in 1864, spent about 6 years here, returned briefly to Italy, came back in 1870 and worked on the images for _Picturesque America_. and etc. etc. back to Europe, similar books over there, art featured at the Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), stayed in the USA until he died on this year's YNP opening date, April 21, 1911.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Searching Google for Bryant and the publication name, I found a good-resolution version of the color original of the Giant image -- wider than what I posted the other day, it includes Oblong's steam cloud in the background right.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OK, so I lack (and sure would like to have) any info about T. Hildebrand.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>