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Carleton E. Watkins — The Domes, from the Sentinel Domes, Yosemite
Carleton E. Watkins

The Domes, from the Sentinel Domes, Yosemite

1865

Created using Watkins' mammoth plate camera system, this expansive view demonstrates how photography could rival painting in capturing the sublime beauty of the American West.

Medium
mammoth albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Carleton E. Watkins, The Domes, from the Sentinel Domes, Yosemite, 1865

Created using Watkins' mammoth plate camera system, this expansive view demonstrates how photography could rival painting in capturing the sublime beauty of the American West.

Medium
mammoth albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1865
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Albumen Print, Geological, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Scenic, Landscape, Nature

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art