About this artwork
Text printed on reverse of stereocard:
“BOTTOMLESS PIT” AND “BRIDGE OF SIGNS.”
Are on the main route to “Echo River” and a mile and a half from the entrance. The pit is of an immense depth and over it is thrown a substantial wooden bridge, across which visitors pass in the long route and towards “Pensacola Avenue.” The pit presents a sight of awful sublimity when its steep sides are lighted up by the guide.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Chas. Waldack
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Title
- "Bottomless Pit" and "Bridge of Sighs", No. 19 from the series "Mammoth Cave Views"
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Place
- New York (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1866
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Medium
- Albumen print, stereo
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Dimensions
- Each image: 7.8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Harold Allen
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Reference Number
- 1976.993
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/199727/manifest.json
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