Ambroise Bernard Album
Medium
Albumen silver prints
Dimensions
43.5 x 37.5 cm (17 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Albums
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Carole and Irwin Lainoff, Ruth P. Lasser and Joseph R. Lasser, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Marvin, Martin E. and Joan Messinger, Richard L. Yett and Sheri and Paul Siegel, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1189.1–.101
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the captivating world of the *Ambroise Bernard Album a treasure from the 1870s by pioneering photographer Carleton E. Watkins. This elegant album, measuring 43.5 x 37.5 cm, a series of albumen silver printsvibrant photographs that capture both sweeping landscapes and bustling cities. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Photographs department, it was generously gifted by multiple donors in 1986, preserving Watkins' masterful vision for generations. Watkins, a trailblazer in 19th-century American photography, revolutionized the genre with his large-format camera work, producing...
About the Artist
Carleton E. Watkins|Carleton E. Watkins · 1829–1916
Carleton E. Watkins (1829–1916), one of America's pioneering landscape photographers, was born on November 11, 1829, in Oneonta, New York, the eldest of eight children to carpenter John Watkins and innkeeper Julia. Drawn by the Gold Rush, he arrived in San Francisco in 1851 at age 22 alongside childhood friend Collis Huntington, who later became a railroad tycoon. Initially working as a carpenter ...