Up Yosemite Valley from the foot of El Capitan

Up Yosemite Valley from the foot of El Capitan

Item Information

Title:
Up Yosemite Valley from the foot of El Capitan
Title (alt.):
Three Brother (left) & Sentinel Rock, 3,270 feet high (right)
Description:
From catalogue raisonné: This view was made looking northeast across the Merced River from a position in the vicinity of present-day Cathedral Beach Picnic Area. The Three Brothers are to the left and Sentinel Rock is to the right.
Photographer:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date:
1865–1866
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Albumen prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Photographs of the American West
Series:
Carleton Watkins Photographs
Subjects:
Rivers
Rock formations
Mountains
Trees
Places:
California > Mariposa (county) > Yosemite Valley (area)
California > Mariposa (county) > Yosemite National Park
California > Merced (river)
California > Mariposa (county) > Three Brothers (peak)
California > Mariposa (county) > Sentinel Rock (pillar)
Extent:
1 photograph : albumen print on paper mount ; image 39 x 51 cm, on sheet 56 x 71 cm
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Catalogue raisonné number: 188
Photographer negative number: 18
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Naef, Weston and Christine Hult-Lewis. "Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs." J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011, Los Angeles.
Identifier:
22_14_000021