Artist Monograph

William Henry Jackson, American

American, 1843–1942

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	25	92.6%
Photography	2	7.4%

Production by Decade

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1900s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	18	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	25.9%
Large (1–3 m)	2	7.4%

Range: 16.5 cm → 192.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	3
1942	13
1970	1
1971	2
1973	3
1989	2
1993	2
2002	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 27 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Tower of Babel, Garden of the Gods Photograph Acc. 503.1973	n.d.	Albumen silver print	21 × 17" (53.3 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods Photograph Acc. 619.1941	1858-1941	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	6 1/2 × 4 1/8" (16.5 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Milton Halsey Thomas
Marshall Pass and Mt. Ouray Photograph Acc. 620.1941	1858-1941	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	4 1/8 × 6 1/2" (10.5 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Milton Halsey Thomas
Ute Pass Photograph Acc. 621.1941	1858-1941	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	6 1/2 × 4 1/8" (16.5 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Milton Halsey Thomas
Ancient Ruins in the Canon of the Mancos Photograph Acc. 268.1942.12	1869-75	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Camp in Baker's Park Photograph Acc. 268.1942.5	1869-75	Albumen silver print	4 7/16 × 7 5/8" (11.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Pleasant Park Profile Rock Photograph Acc. 268.1942.8	1869-75	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Three Crater Spring. Upper Fire Hole Photograph Acc. 268.1942.1	1869-75	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories for the Years 1869-1875 Photograph Acc. 268.1942.1-12	1869-75	Albumen silver print	5 × 8" (12.7 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Crater of the Deluge Geyser. Red Mountain Basin Photograph Acc. 268.1942.2	1871	Albumen silver print	4 7/16 × 7 5/8" (11.2 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Betsy–An Omaha Squaw Photograph Acc. 79.1971	c. 1872	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19.0 × 14.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Pawnee Villagers Photograph Acc. 80.1971	c. 1872	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	6 3/4 × 9 1/4" (17.1 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Mountain of the Holy Cross Photograph Acc. 268.1942.3	1873	Albumen silver print	4 7/16 × 7 5/8" (11.2 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Garden of the Gods, Colorado Photograph Acc. 313.1993	1874	Albumen silver print from a glass-plate negative	12 9/16 × 9 15/16" (32 × 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Looking North from the Mouth of the Blue, Middle Park Photograph Acc. 268.1942.9	1874	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Photograph Acc. 314.1993	1874	Albumen silver print from a glass-plate negative	9 13/16 × 13 3/16" (25 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
House of the Captain of Shung-A-Pah-Wee Photograph Acc. 268.1942.6	1875	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Mammoth Hot Springs, North from Upper Basins Photograph Acc. 268.1942.7	1875	Albumen silver print	4 7/16 × 7 1/2" (11.2 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Mogui (or Qualpi) Photograph Acc. 268.1942.11	1875	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Punch and Judy Photograph Acc. 268.1942.4	1875	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
She-Paul-A-Wee Photograph Acc. 268.1942.10	1875	Albumen silver print	4 3/8 × 7 5/8" (11.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Upper Twin Lake, Colorado Photograph Acc. 69.1970	1875	Albumen silver print	17 × 21" (43.2 × 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Diamond River Canyon Photograph Acc. 501.1973	c. 1880	Albumen silver print	21 × 17" (53.3 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
The Bee Hive Group of Geysers, Yellowstone Park Photograph Acc. 170.1989	c. 1880	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 13 1/8" (24.3 × 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Querétaro, Mexico Photograph Acc. 502.1973	c. 1884	Albumen silver print	16 7/8 × 21 5/16" (42.9 × 54.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Del Monte Hotel, California Photograph Acc. 423.2002	1888	Albumen silver print	17 × 73 5/8" (43.2 × 187 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Claire Lozier and Andrew Smith, Santa Fe
Mirror Lake and Lake Placid, New York Photograph Acc. 36.1989	1900	Gelatin silver print	17 1/4 × 75 5/8" (43.8 × 192.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller