[The Upper Yosemite Valley. View from Eagle Point Trail.]

Carleton Watkinsabout 1878–1881

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The subject of this landscape photograph is the Upper Yosemite Valley in California. Familiar landmarks such as the Half Dome and the Merced Group are visible in the background, with the Upper Yosemite fall featured on the left. Mammoth

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Title: [The Upper Yosemite Valley. View from Eagle Point Trail.]
Creator: Carleton Watkins
Date Created: about 1878–1881
Physical Dimensions: 54.9 × 83 cm (21 5/8 × 32 11/16 in.)
Type: Print
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Albumen silver print
Terms of Use: Open Content
Number: 97.XM.13
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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