Who created "The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast""?

The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast" was created by Carleton Watkins in 1861/76.

What medium is "The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast""?

The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast" is Albumen print, stereo.

The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

Q: When was "The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"" created?

This artwork was created 1861/76.

Carleton Watkins

1861/76

Medium

Albumen print, stereo

Dimensions

Each image: 7.9 × 7.9 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Card: 8.7 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Classification

stereograph (albumen)

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

145366

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...

The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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