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Carleton E. Watkins — View on the Merced, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1111 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"
Carleton E. Watkins

View on the Merced, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1111 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

1861

Captured during Watkins' pioneering survey of the American West, this stereo albumen print documents the pristine Merced River in Yosemite with the technical precision that made him one of the most influential landscape photographers of the 19th century.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Carleton E. Watkins, View on the Merced, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1111 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast", 1861

Captured during Watkins' pioneering survey of the American West, this stereo albumen print documents the pristine Merced River in Yosemite with the technical precision that made him one of the most influential landscape photographers of the 19th century.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1861
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Landscape Photography, Albumen Print, Serene, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Yosemite Valley, Natural, Sepia Tones, Mountain

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art