Carleton E. Watkins
Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

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Artist Carleton E. Watkins(American, 1829–1916)American, 1829–1916

Printer Isaiah West Taber (American, 1830–1912)American, 1830–1912

CultureAmerican

Titles

Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

Date1867

Place depictedOregon, United States

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 20 1/4 × 15 1/16 in. (51.5 × 38.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/4 × 15 1/16 in. (51.5 × 38.3 cm)
Mount: 25 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (65.8 × 50.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2004.788

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceJeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Jeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, on 11/11/1978.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited:"The American Landscape East to West: Themes in Painting and Photography, 1780-1910" at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, september 6, 2003-January 19, 2004.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked on image, lower left: 419. Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon
Lower right: Taber Photo, San Francisco
Marked recto, lower right corner of mount in pencil: CEW.130.Y

There is no evident signature.

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