[Trees in Calaveras Grove and Views of Yosemite, California]
ca. 1878
![[Trees in Calaveras Grove and Views of Yosemite, California] by Carleton E. Watkins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/trees-in-calaveras-grove-and-views-of-yosemite-286455.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Dimensions
Image: approximately 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.) each Mount: 24 x 25.1 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.) each Album: 24.8 x 26 x 3.2 cm (9 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Classification
Albums
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.556 (1–73)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the majestic landscapes of 19th-century California with E. Watkins' *Trees in Calaveras Grove Views of Yosemite, California* (ca. 1878). This intimate album of albumen silver prints, each roughly 12.5 x 12.5 cm mounted on larger sheets, captures the towering giant sequoias of Calaveras Grove and vistas of Yosemite Valley, complete with rivers, mountains, and pristine wilderness. Watkins, a pioneering photographer of the American West, viewers to these awe-inspiring sites through his meticulous glass negatives, producing richly toned images that evoke the raw power of nature. Produce...
About the Artist
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 ...