Carleton E. Watkins
Amablis, Mariposa Grove

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Amablis, Mariposa Grove
Date1865
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 20 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (51.9 × 38.7 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (51.9 × 38.7 cm)
Mount: 27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.790
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco]; [Lunn Ltd., New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, February 9, 1990; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount recto, bottom center: CEW.240.x; lower right: Amablis. Mariposa Grove No 115. Inscribed in red ink: 3
Inscribed in black ink, lower left corner under image: No. 115
Signed in ink, lower right corner under image: "C.E. Watkins"

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