Carleton watkins

From J. Paul Getty Museum, William Henry Jackson, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (1883), Albumen silver print, 53.3 × 43.3 cm

Maker: Carlton E. Watkins (1829 - 1916) Born: USA Active: USA Medium: albumen print Size: 11.5 in x 7.75 in Location: USA Object No. 2009.071 Shelf: C-24 Publication: Era of Exploration, The Rise Of Landscape Photography in the American West 1860-1885. by Weston J. Naef. Albright-Knox Art Gallery/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, pl 7 Carleton Watkins, Photographer of the American West, by Peter Palmquist, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1983, pg 30 Nineteenth Century…

Artist: Carleton Wakins Title: Cape Horn, Columbia River, 1867 Medium: Photo Litho, 1989, USA Dimensions: 8.85x9.95" He

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The definitive photographer of the American west made his name with these photographs of California’s Yosemite Valley, currently on show at New York’s Met. The series inspired President Lincoln to sign a bill preserving the valley’s beauty and laying the foundations for the US National Park system

Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882). Date: 1871. Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative. Dimensions: 20 x 28.1...

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Author/Creator: Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916. Date: 1878-1881. Part of: Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West Physical Description: 1 photographic print b&w, mammoth plates approx. 38.5 x 54 cm. Folder or box number: Folder 8 Subjects: Landscape photography--West (U.S.) West (U.S.) California. Yosemite Valley (Calif.) Yosemite National Park (Calif.) Genre/Form: Photographs Photographic prints Albumen prints Cite as: Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book…