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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Cave of the Dark Waters - Lighted Column, No. 1013 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Cave of the Dark Waters - Lighted Column, No. 1013 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River"

1870

Bennett's innovative use of artificial lighting in cave photography created some of the most technically ambitious landscape images of the era, revealing hidden natural wonders to Victorian audiences through stereoscopic magic.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Cave of the Dark Waters - Lighted Column, No. 1013 from the series "In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River", 1870

Bennett's innovative use of artificial lighting in cave photography created some of the most technically ambitious landscape images of the era, revealing hidden natural wonders to Victorian audiences through stereoscopic magic.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1870
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Landscape Photography, Albumen Print, 19th Century, American, Water, Nature, Cave, Stereoview, Romantic

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