The Yosemite Valley, from Inspiration Point, Mariposa Trail

ca. 1861

Carleton E. Watkins

born Oneonta, New York 1829; died Napa, California, 1916

Albumen print

7 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (19.3 x 29.6 cm)

Floyd A. Naramore Memorial Purchase Fund

81.56

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The American Landscape's 'Quieter Spirit': Early Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church. June 25 - Oct. 16, 2005. Text by Patricia Junker.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Beauty and Bounty: American Art in the Age of Exploration, June 30, 2011 - Sept. 11, 2011. No catalogue.

Published ReferencesYoung, Tara. SAM Collects: Contemporary Art Project, 2002. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2002, pg. 51.

Junker, Patricia. Albert Bierstadt, Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast: A Superb Vision of Dreamland, in association with Beauty and Bounty: American Art in the Age of Exploration. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 2011; pp. 25, 28, reproduced fig. 28.

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