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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.924
People
Carleton Emmons Watkins, American (Oneonta, New York 1829 - 1916 Imola, California)
Title
Vernal Falls, Yosemite
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1861
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/159021

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 40.8 × 52.3 cm (16 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.)
mount, irregular: 49.3 × 58.5 cm (19 7/16 × 23 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: b.r. on mount, below image, in black ink: C.E. Watkins
  • inscription: recto, b.r. of image, on mount, black ink, signed, in artist's hand: C.E. Watkins

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.924
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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