Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921), Crater of Giantess Geyser

Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921)Crater of Giantess GeyserYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKNumber 32 penciled lower left-hand cornerFine albumen print, mounted on archival mattePhotograph size: 5 x 8 in.Matte board size: 11 x14 in.   Provenance: from the library of William E. Hofman, his sale Christie's 3rd December, 2010, lot 343A magnificent view of the large crater of the celebrated Giantess geyser in Yellowstone National Park with someone lying at the edge and looking into the abyss, by official Yellowstone Park photographer Frank Jay Haynes. In 1870 the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition explored the Upper Geyser Basin and observed geysers erupting, they named seven geysers in the basin, including this Giantess: "One of the most remarkable geysers was "The Giantess," for yards around the ground rose gradually to its crater, but immediately about it was no formation rising above the surface, as was the case with all the other geysers which we saw in active operation. When quiet, it was a clear,