Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, California
On his first trip to Yosemite Valley, in 1861, and on almost every visit thereafter, Watkins made stereoscopic negatives as well as mammoth-plates. He returned to San Francisco in 1861 with one hundred stereo views and made hundreds more in 1865 and 1866 while working on the Geological Survey for the State of California. He copyrighted this photograph in 1867 and released it as no. 1,118 in his popular "Watkins’ Pacific Coast" series. His San Francisco address, 429 Montgomery Street, and the yellow card mount indicate that he printed and sold the stereograph between 1869 and 1871.
Artwork Details
- Title:Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, California
- Artist:Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
- Date:1865–66
- Medium:Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions:Image: 2 9/16 × 3 1/16 in. (6.5 × 7.8 cm), each
Mount: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (8.5 × 17.5 cm) - Classification:Photographs
- Credit Line:Anonymous Gift, 2014
- Object Number:2014.546.2
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
1865–66, printed ca. 1875
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
1868–69, printed ca. 1876
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
1867, printed ca. 1876
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
1875, printed ca. 1876
Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
1875, printed ca. 1876
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