Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921), Bee Hive Geyser

Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921)Bee Hive GeyserYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKNumber 39 penciled lower left-hand cornerFine albumen print, mounted on archival mattePhotograph size: 8 x 5 in.Matte board size: 14 x11 in.   Provenance: from the library of William E. Hofman, his sale Christie's 3rd December, 2010, lot 343A magnificent view of the Bee Hive geyser in Yellowstone National Park, by official Yellowstone Park photographer Frank Jay Haynes. The 1870 Washburn Expedition named the Beehive geyser after its beehive-shaped cone. "The cone is three and a half feet high with a four foot diameter. Beehive, considered one of the largest active geysers in the world, erupts to a height of 200 feet. However, since its discovery, it has been unpredictable. It has eruptive intervals of eight to twelve hours, but it has infrequent eruptions as long as 3 to 10 days and dormancy of weeks to months. A small vent located a few feet east of Beehive, called Beehive's Indicator, erupts 6-10 feet usually 10-20 m