William Cullen Bryant Collection (#5)

Cohoes Falls, 1874. Creator: John Karst
Cohoes Falls, 1874. Waterfall on the Mohawk River, New York State, USA. The falls of Cohoes are quite close to the Harmony Mills; and a capital view can be obtained of them

Lake Memphremagog, North from Owls Head, 1874. Creators: John Douglas Woodward, John Karst
Lake Memphremagog, North from Owls Head, 1874. Mont Owls Head is a mountain in Quebec, Canada. It is 747 metres (2, 451 feet) high and overlooks Lake Memphremagog

The Mohawk River, 1874. Creator: Unknown
The Mohawk River, 1874. Riverbank and rowing boat on the Mohawk, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York State, USA

Owls Head Landing, 1874. Creators: John Douglas Woodward, Frederick William Quartley
Owls Head Landing, 1874. Steamship arriving at a jetty on Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada....the Owls Head, a mountain surpassing others around the lake in form and size

The Cliff House, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
The " Cliff House", 1872. Hotel on the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, California, USA. The first Cliff House was built in 1858

Coast Scene, Marin County, 1872. Creator: Andrew Varick Stout Anthony
Coast Scene, Marin County, 1872. Colony of seabirds on a rocky outcrop on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, California, USA

Glance at Detroit from the City Hall, 1872. Creator: John Douglas Woodward
Glance at Detroit from the City Hall, 1872. View of Detroit, Michigan, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers

The City of Detroit, (From Canada Shore), 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
The City of Detroit, (From Canada Shore), 1872. Sailing ships at the port of Detroit, Michigan, USA, seen from Windsor, Ontario

Cleveland, from Scrantons Hill, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Cleveland, from Scrantons Hill, 1872. View of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with a steam locomotive and ships on the Cuyahoga River

Erie, from Federal Hill, 1872. Creator: John Douglas Woodward
Erie, from Federal Hill, 1872. View of the town of Erie on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

City of Providence, from Prospect Hill, 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
City of Providence, from Prospect Hill, 1872. The port city of Providence, Rhode Island, USA, was founded in 1636. There are more wooden buildings in Providence than can be found in any other place

Sentinel Rock and Fall, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse
Sentinel Rock and Fall, 1872. The granite Sentinel Rock, and Sentinel Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Sentinel Falls is a tiered waterfall 1, 920 feet (590 metres) high

Part of High Fall, 1872. Creator: Harry Fenn
Part of High Fall, 1872. Waterfall on the West Canada Creek, New York State, USA - wooden steps for tourists have been built on the left

Southern Side of Willamette Falls, 1872. Creator: Albert Bobbett
Southern Side of Willamette Falls, 1872. Waterfall in Oregon, USA: when below the falls, the tremendous proportions of the scenery forcibly impress the mind

Pilot Knob, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Pilot Knob, 1872. Covered wagons travelling west past Pilot Rock, a volcanic plug in Oregon, USA: one sees rising in the blue air the singular form of Pilot Knob

Spirit Harbor, 1872. Creator: Albert Bobbett
Spirit Harbor, 1872. Rock arch on the shores of Lake Superior, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers

Umpqua Canon, 1872. Creator: Robert Swain Gifford
Umpqua Canon, 1872. Canyon of the Umpqua River, Oregon, USA: the road enters the Umpqua Mountains, and is soon involved in the terrors and the gloom of the Umpqua Canon

Castellated Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Castellated Rock, 1872. Rock formation in Northern California, USA: a range of granite and limestone rocks, which attains an elevation from the plain of three thousand feet

The Cliffs of Seneca, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
The Cliffs of Seneca, 1872. View of Seneca Rocks, at the confluence of Seneca Creek with the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia, USA: Imagine a thin

Berkeleys Seat. 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
" Berkeleys Seat". 1872. People bathing in the Atlantic Ocean at Rhode Island, USA. The area was known as Berkeleys Seat after the Irish bishop George Berkeley who landed near Newport in

Old Fort Dumpling, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Old Fort Dumpling, 1872. View of the fort, officially called Fort Louis and, later, Fort Brown, overlooking the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA. Construction began in 1798

Rainbow Arch, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
Rainbow Arch, 1872. Rock formation on the James River, Virginia, USA: The stratification here is most rare and strange, describing the arc of a circle

Natural Towers, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Natural Towers, 1872. Rock formation in Augusta County, Virginia, USA:the Towers rise straight up from the cultivated field

Natural Tunnel, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
Natural Tunnel, 1872. View of the Natural Tunnel, a cave that is so large it is used as a railroad tunnel, Appalachian Mountains, Scott County, Virginia, USA

Harpers Ferry, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Harpers Ferry, 1872. View of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, a town situated on the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

Mud-Springs, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Mud-Springs, 1872. Geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Below the falls there is an extensive area covered with the deposits which extend from the south side of Mount

The Upper Yellowstone Falls, 1872. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
The Upper Yellowstone Falls, 1872. Waterfall in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains

Sugar-Loaf Rock - (West Side), 1872. Creator: A. Measom
Sugar-Loaf Rock - (West Side), 1872. 75-foot-high rock stack formed by post-glacial erosion on Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, Michigan, USA

Magnolia Swamp, 1872. Creator: Alfred Waud
Magnolia Swamp, 1872. Magnolia trees covered in Spanish moss, southern USA. Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant - one that grows on the surface of another plant and obtains moisture

Eastern Long Island Scenes, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Eastern Long Island Scenes, 1872. Views around Long Island, New York State, USA: Seines [fishing nets], Greenport; Long beach bar - lighthouse; oil mill, Orient; Plum Island & Gut from Orient Point

Cumberland Gap, from the East, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse
Cumberland Gap, from the East, 1872. Watermill near the pass through the Cumberland Mountains on the border of Kentucky and Virginia, USA. The chimney is clad in timber scaffolding

St. Jamess Church, Goose Creek, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
St. Jamess Church, Goose Creek, 1872. The early Georgian chapel of St James at Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA. Built in the 1710s, it is one of South Carolinas oldest surviving buildings

A Garden in Florida, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
A Garden in Florida, 1872. A woman in a bonnet reads in a tropical garden in Florida, USA. She is flanked by a banana tree and a large cactus, with a stork and a dog with a ball in the foreground

Beacon Hill, Neversink Highlands, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Beacon Hill, Neversink Highlands, 1872. View of the coast at Highlands, New Jersey, USA. On the right is the Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse, constructed in 1862

The Descent from Mount Washington, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse
The Descent from Mount Washington, 1872. Travellers on horseback in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

The Lovers Leap - Approach By Night, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
" The Lovers Leap" - Approach By Night, 1872. Mail coach at the bottom of a cliff ( Lovers Leap ), about to cross the French Broad River, USA

The Smoky Mountains, (North Carolina), 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
The Smoky Mountains, (North Carolina), 1872. View of the Great Smoky Mountains in the south eastern USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Bonaventure Cemetery, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Bonaventure Cemetery, 1872. Trees draped in Spanish moss in the rural cemetery of Bonaventure on the Wilmington River, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Delaware Water-Gap, Looking South from Shawnee, 1872. Creator: Granville Perkins
Delaware Water-Gap, Looking South from Shawnee, 1872. View of the gap where the Delaware River cuts through a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Artist sketching on a gnarled tree root above Natural Bridge, a rock arch in Virginia, USA

Richmond from Hollywood, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Richmond from Hollywood, 1872. View of the James River and the town of Richmond, Virginia, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain, 1872. View of the Tennessee River and the town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Castle Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Castle Rock, 1872. Rock formation on the Columbia River, USA: Rifted bowlders, like Castle Rock, stood alone, their base washed by the river, their heads upholding the sky

Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. Johns River, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. Johns River, 1872. Derelict lighthouse on the coast of Florida, south eastern USA. The first lighthouse was built in 1830 near the rivers mouth...By 1835

The Cliffs Near The Ovens. 1872. Creator: Harry Fenn
The Cliffs Near " The Ovens". 1872. View of cavities worn by the tides in the rock on the coast of Maine, north eastern USA

Great Falls of the Potomac, 1874. Creator: Alfred Harral
Great Falls of the Potomac, 1874. Waterfalls on the Potomac River on the border of Maryland and Virginia, USA. Here the water foams and rushes among jagged rocks

Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson
Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Views in the city of Brooklyn, which merged with New York City in 1894. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Washington, Madison, and Union Squares, c1870. Creator: William James Palmer
Washington, Madison, and Union Squares, 1874. Pedestrians and carriages in the squares of New York City, USA. Union Square is at the bend of the main division of Broadway...Madison Square...with

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William Cullen Bryant, a renowned American poet and journalist, found inspiration in the breathtaking landscapes of his time. Scenes from Thanatopsis, captured by Asher Brown Durand in 1850, transported him to a world where nature's beauty intertwined with mortality. Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley, as depicted by Samuel Valentine Hunt in 1872, reflected Bryant's fascination with the serene tranquility that water bodies possess. The Dalles of the St. Louis showcased nature's raw power through W. J. Linton's lens in 1874 - an image that resonated deeply with Bryant's appreciation for untamed wilderness. Anvil Cliff stood tall and majestic in William Ludwell Sheppard's photograph from 1872 - a sight that evoked feelings of awe and insignificance within Bryant. Nanticoke Dam immortalized John Filmer's vision of human intervention amidst natural wonders - an idea that intrigued Bryant as he contemplated humanity's relationship with the environment. Glimpse of Sandusky offered John Douglas Woodward's perspective on urbanization encroaching upon nature; it reminded Bryant of the importance of preserving untouched landscapes. Niagara Falls roared magnificently through Samuel Valentine Hunt’s camera lens in 1872 - its grandeur captivating both artist and poet alike. The Geyser erupted gracefully under Harry Fenn’s gaze during the same year; its display mirrored life’s transient yet powerful moments. As dawn broke over South Mountain in The Catskills Sunrise from South Mountain (Samuel Valentine Hunt) captured in 1874, Bryant felt rejuvenation coursing through his veins alongside Mother Nature herself. Giants Gap revealed Thomas Moran’s interpretation of vastness and majesty – qualities which often inspired poetic musings within Bryant. Cleopatra’s Needle emerged mysteriously against Devils Lake (Alfred Waud) backdrop – a symbol reminding us all about history etched into every landscape we encounter.