The Gordon L. Bennett Collection of Carleton Watkins New Series Photographs of Yosemite

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Lot 67
  • 67

Carleton E. Watkins 1829-1916

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Description

  • Carleton E. Watkins
  • ‘upper yosemite falls. 1600 ft. view from eagle point trail. yosemite’
mammoth-plate albumen print, mounted, the photographer’s letterpress label, with the title, series number 847, series title, and his ‘427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco’ studio address, affixed to the mount, the collector’s stamp on the reverse, matted, 1878-81

Provenance

The Old Book Store, San Francisco, 1967

Exhibited

Focus Gallery, San Francisco, Early Views of Yosemite and the California Missions: Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins from the Collection of Gordon Bennett, November – December 1973

Catalogue Note

This dramatic photograph of the Fall would have been difficult to make before 1873, when the Eagle Point Trail was built.  Thus this is another view that may be exclusive to the ‘New Series.’  See also Lots 68 and 69.