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Benton Works
Carleton Watkins1860
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Benton Works mill (and dam) was in the vast Las Mariposas mining estate controlled by John C. Frémont and his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont. Watkins's commission drew upon his prior experience with mother lode mining subjects.
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Details
- Title: Benton Works
- Creator: Carleton Watkins
- Date Created: 1860
- Location Created: California, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 35.2 × 41.8 cm (13 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Salted paper print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XM.171.23
- Culture: American
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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