Carleton E. Watkins

Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

Carleton E. Watkins

1829 - 1916

'El Capitan, 3600 Feet. View from the Foot of the Yosemite Valley'

mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer's letterpress label, with the title, series title and number '802,' and his '427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco' studio address, affixed to the mount, a 'Gordon L. Bennett Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1878-81

image: 15 ⅛ by 21 in. (38.4 by 53.3 cm.)

frame: 27 ¾ by 34 ¼ in. (70.5 by 87 cm.)