<!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 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=710060601-14042006>It is definitely an engraving of Weyer's Cave, The Geyser, 1872.  ebay has one available at: <A href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7391568507">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7391568507</A></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=710060601-14042006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=710060601-14042006>Robert Lieb</SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Anotehr 1872 image<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial> <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)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>