Davoncastle Butte, Sierra Nevada

1866

Showcasing Watkins' mastery of large-format landscape photography, this dramatic composition captures the monumental scale and geological grandeur of the Sierra Nevada.

Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Carleton E. Watkins, Davoncastle Butte, Sierra Nevada, 1866

Showcasing Watkins' mastery of large-format landscape photography, this dramatic composition captures the monumental scale and geological grandeur of the Sierra Nevada.

Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year: 1866
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art