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CARLETON E. WATKINS. The Father of the Forest 450 ft C. Grove

The Father of the Forest 450 ft C. Grove. Artist: Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829-1916). Dimensions: Image: 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.), circular Album page: 24 x 25.1 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.). Date: ca. 1878. This exceptionally rare untitled album features seventy-three circular-format views made seventeen years after Watkins first photographed at Mariposa Grove and Yosemite. Half of the photographs are studies of the great sequoia trees in Calaveras Grove, the other half are landscapes of Yosemite. Watkins used a stereo camera with oversize plates then masked the negatives during the printing process.
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The Father of the Forest 450 ft C. Grove
Caption:
The Father of the Forest 450 ft C. Grove. Artist: Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829-1916). Dimensions: Image: 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.), circular Album page: 24 x 25.1 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.). Date: ca. 1878. This exceptionally rare untitled album features seventy-three circular-format views made seventeen years after Watkins first photographed at Mariposa Grove and Yosemite. Half of the photographs are studies of the great sequoia trees in Calaveras Grove, the other half are landscapes of Yosemite. Watkins used a stereo camera with oversize plates then masked the negatives during the printing process.
Technique/material:
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2845 x 2554 px | 20.8 MB
Print size:
24.1 x 21.6 cm | 9.5 x 8.5 in (300 dpi)
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