Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Wood engraving or Xylograph - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1883 Publisher: F. von Hellwald, Leipzig, Heinrich Schmid & Carl Gunther Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Light age toning of paper, slightly darker along the edges. Dimensions: 9.5 x 13 inches (24 x 33 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: Blank Notes: Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. Photos show the overall view of print and image detail. Slight distortion of the shape of print in the photo is caused by the camera. Narrative: Tower Creek rises in the high divide between the valleys of the Missouri and Yellowstone, and flows about ten miles through a canon so deep and gloomy that it has very properly earned the appellation of the Devil's Den. As we gaze from the margin down into the depths below, the little stream, as it rushes foaming over the rocks, seems like a white thread, while on the sides of the gorge the sombre pinnacles rise up like Gothic spires. About two hundred yards above its entrance into the Yellowstone, the stream pours over an abrupt descent of one hundred and fifty-six feet, forming one of the most beautiful and picturesque falls to be found in any country. The Tower Falls are about two hundred and sixty feet above the level of the Yellowstone at the junction, and they are surrounded with pinnacle-like columns, composed of the volcanic breccia, rising fifty feet above the falls, and extending down to the foot, standing like gloomy sentinels or like the gigantic pillars at the entrance of some grand temple. One could almost imagine that the idea of the Gothic style of architecture had been caught from such carvings of Nature. Immense bowlders of basalt and granite here obstruct the flow of the stream above and below the falls; and, although, so far as we can see, the gorge seems to be made up of the volcanic cement, yet we know that, in the loftier mountains, near the source of the stream, true granitic as well as igneous rocks prevail. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. eBay seller since 1998.Five-star service.
Price: 17.5 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
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Subject: United States Views
Date of Creation: 1883
Print Type: Wood Engraving or Xylograph
Style: Vintage
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Features: Not framed
Print Surface: Paper
Dimensions: 9.5 x 13" (24 x 33 cm)
Type: Print
