Who created "First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail"?

First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail was created by Carleton Watkins in 1865/66.

What medium is "First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail"?

First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail is Albumen print.

First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

Q: When was "First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail" created?

This artwork was created 1865/66.

Carleton Watkins

1865/66

Medium

Albumen print

Dimensions

Paper: 41.2 × 52.5 cm (16 1/4 × 20 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 55.5 × 71.2 cm (21 7/8 × 28 in.)

Classification

photography

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

250321

About the Artist

Carleton Watkins · 1829–1916

Carleton Watkins (1829–1916) was an American photographer whose majestic landscape photographs of the American West, particularly of Yosemite Valley, rank among the most important images in the history of photography. Born in Oneonta, New York, he moved to California during the Gold Rush era and learned photography in San Francisco in the late 1850s. In 1861, Watkins made his first trip to Yosemi...

First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

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