A group on horseback is crossing a low point of the river in center foreground, while tall white cliffs rise at left. In the distance, a low rise of rock outcroppings in mauve tones is silhouetted against a backdrop of ivory colored peaks under a heavy blue sky. Verso: sketches of three small objects in graphite. Date: 1873. Dimensions: 10.1 x 23.1 cm (4 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Canyon of the Rio Virgin, South Utah, 1873 (CH 18189589)
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