Great Upper Waterfall, High Alps

Inscriptions

Written in pencil on recto: "Gde Cascade Supérieure"; "D31"; in pencil on verso: "26"; "ADI"; "No 133"

Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993). Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12, 2000-January 3, 2001).

Quick Overview

Artist: Louis-Alphonse Davanne (French, 1824–1912)
Date: c. 1862
Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 41.7 x 24.7 cm (16 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Gift of Russ Anderson
Accession no.: 1991.292

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