Old Faithful

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: William Henry Jackson / American, 1843–1942
Date: 1871
Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 21.3 × 17.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Mount: 27 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: United States
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Robert A. Taub
Accession no.: 2012.239

The Royal Gorge
William Henry Jackson
1879/92 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006988
Badlands of Wyoming
William Henry Jackson
1879/92 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006989
Basaltic Cañon, Foot of Tower Creek
William Henry Jackson
1879/92 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006990
Cheyenne Falls
William Henry Jackson
1879/92 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006991