Multnomah Falls, Oregon

1867, printed later

Not on view

Watkins's uncommon technical virtuosity and artistic talent won praise at home and an award at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. That year, he opened the storefront Yosemite Art Gallery to sell his prints in San Francisco, and he also made new pictures, the most glorious of his career, in Oregon and along the Columbia River. He made two views at Multnomah Falls: one describes the falls as a sheer straight plunge of uninterrupted verticality; this one uses the distance between upper and lower falls to play hide-and seek with the towering trees, cascading water, and hidden pool.

Artwork Details

Title: Multnomah Falls, Oregon
Artist: Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
Date: 1867, printed later
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 52.1 x 38.7 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.174
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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