<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <br>    Based on other prints listed as being from the same book, this might be in Weyer's Cave (now Grand Caverns), Virginia.  Searches for either name don't turn up any pictures of formations that look remotely like that, though.<br> <br> David<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid325.1cb0d2f.316d9c77@aol.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div>Below is another engraving from William Cullen Bryant's "Picturesque America..." Rather curious, is it not? It is titled The Geyser", but I believe that it does NOT purport to show a Yellowstone geyser. To me it appears to be within a limestone cavern and, indeed, three of the four observers appear to be holding lanterns that illuminate "the geyser."</div> <div> </div> <div>the questions: Might anybody have a copy of Bryant's book, and could thus better identify this image? Might anybody know of a cavern that contains a formation (at least sort of) like this?</div> <div> </div> <div>Scott Bryan (not in any way related to W. C. Bryant)<img src="cid:part1.02050600.07010807@rice.edu" style="width: 480px; height: 622px;" comp_state="speed" datasize="85656" id="MA1.1144799845" height="622" vspace="5" width="480"></div> </font> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu">Geysers@wwc.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a> </pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>