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Call Number:

PH-00942

Collection Name:

American Scenery [portfolio]

Creator:

Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)

No. of Items:

25 photographs in 1 portfolio

Span Dates:

1866?

Description:

Photographic portfolio, titled American Scenery, containing 25 albumen prints by Carleton Watkins (American, 1829-1916). The photographs are all landscape images that are predominantly of Yosemite (16) but also include views of the Columbia River in Oregon, Mount Shasta in northern California, hydraulic mining in Nevada, and Cape Horn. Plate titles follow.

964:0008:0001 -- Best General View of Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail;
964:0008:0002 -- Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail;
964:0008:0003 -- Half Dome from Glacier Point;
964:0008:0004 -- Vernal and Nevada Falls from Glacier Point;
964:0008:0005 -- Hydraulic Mining, North Bloomfield, Nevada;
964:0008:0006 -- Yosemite Falls;
964:0008:0007 -- Upper Yosemite Waterfall;
964:0008:0008 -- Lower Yosemite Waterfall;
964:0008:0009 -- Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite;
964:0008:0010 -- Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Yosemite;
964:0008:0011 -- Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Yosemite;
964:0008:0012 -- Pompompasos Three Brothers, Yosemite;
964:0008:0013 -- Mount Watkins, Yosemite;
964:0008:0014 -- Mount Watkins reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite;
964:0008:0015 -- Washington Column, Yosemite;
964:0008:0016 -- Pohono, Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite;
964:0008:0017 -- El Capitan, Yosemite;
964:0008:0018 -- American Forest Trees. Sequoia Gigantea;
964:0008:0019 -- Mount Shasta, California;
964:0008:0020 -- Mount Shasta, California;
964:0008:0021 -- Mount Hood from the Dalles., Oregon;
964:0008:0022 -- The Columbia River, Oregon;
964:0008:0023 -- The Garrison Cascades. Columbia River. Oregon;
964:0008:0024 -- Cape Horn;
964:0008:0025 -- Multuomah Falls. Columbia River. Oregon.

Accession No(s):

964:0008:0001-0025

Location(s):

Flat File (C.E. Watkins American Scenery Box 1 (empty folio case); 964:0008:0001-0008)
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Flat File (964:0008:0009-0025)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Best General View of Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.8 x 52.3 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0001

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Yosomite [sic] Valley from Mariposa Trail from the portfolio American Scenery
Date 1865-1866
Medium Albumen print mounted on board
Dimensions image: 39.7 x 52.2 cm; 15 3/5 x 20 3/5 in; mount: 49.3 x 64.3 cm; 19 2/5 x 25 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0002

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Half Dome from Glacier Point. Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.6 x 52.2 cm; 15 3/5 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0003

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Vernal and Nevada Falls from Glacier Point from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.6 x 52.2 cm; 15 3/5 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0004

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Hydraulic Mining, North Bloomfield, Nivada [sic] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1871
Medium Albumen print mounted on board
Dimensions image: 41 x 54 cm; 16 1/10 x 21 3/10 in; mount: 49.3 x 64.3 cm; 19 2/5 x 25 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0005

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Yosemite Falls from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 52.2 x 39.5 cm; 20 3/5 x 15 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0006

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title [Upper Yosemite Waterfall.] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 52.2 x 39.5 cm; 20 3/5 x 15 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0007

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title [Lower Yosemite Waterfall.] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 52.2 x 39.5 cm; 20 3/5 x 15 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0008

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title [Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite.] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 52.2 x 39.5 cm; 20 3/5 x 15 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0009

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title [Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Yosemite.] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0010

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title [Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Yosemite. A different view, closer up, with pond in foreground.] from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0011

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Pompompasos Three Brothers, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0012

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Mount Watkins, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0013

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Mount Watkins reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0014

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Washington Column, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0015

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Pohono, Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0016

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title El Capitan, Yosemite from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0017

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title American Forest Trees. Sequoia Gigantea from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0018

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Mount Shasta, California from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0019

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Mount Shasta, California from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0020

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Mount Hood from the Dalles. Oregon from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 64.2 x 49.5 cm; 25 3/10 x 19 1/2 in; print: 52.3 x 39.8 cm; 20 3/5 x 15 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0021

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title The Columbia River, Oregon from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0022

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title The Garrison Cascades. Columbia River. Oregon from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0023

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Cape Horn from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0024

Artist/Maker Watkins, Carleton E. (1829 - 1916)
Title Multuomah Falls. Columbia River. Oregon from the portfolio American Scenery
Date circa 1866
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions mount: 49.5 x 64.2 cm; 19 1/2 x 25 3/10 in; print: 39.8 x 52.2 cm; 15 7/10 x 20 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0008:0025

See Also:

Carleton E. Watkins Photography Collection

Stereographs Photography Collection: Stereographs of the Pacific Coast by Watkins (S1645-S1659) are located in the Stereographs Photography Collection (PH-00267).