Watkins Carleton E 1829 1916 (23 results)

Condition: Good. Albumen print hinged at top edge to backing sheet. Captioned with Taber photo credit and number B 379 in negative. 20.2x12.1 cm (8x4¾").Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 243.Taber acquired most of Watkins' Pacific Coast Views negatives in 1875-76, amidst economic difficulties for Watkins and some skulduggery by his financial partner J.J. Cook. Taber, best known until that time as a portrait photographer, published Watkins' view under his own name and negative numbers. Taber B 379.).Taber acquired most of Watkins' Pacific Coast Views negatives in 1875-76, amidst economic difficulties for Watkins and some skulduggery by his financial partner J.J. Cook. Taber, best known until that time as a portrait photographer, published Watkins' view under his own name and negative numbers.Watkins's exposures captured the wonder and emotion of the American sublime and communicated the scale of the American West to a fascinated public. The wet plate process, however, required long exposure times-sometimes as much as one hour for Watkins's mammoth plates, because he often photographed early in the morning or late in the afternoon to capitalize on the contrasting light and shadows falling over the landscape. As a result, the skies in Watkins's photographs often remained featureless, and he is known to have added clouds artificially by sandwiching glass negatives in his exposures or by hand-working the sky with pigment to simulate cloud effects.…

Condition: Good. Albumen photograph, captioned with Taber photo credit and number B 436 in negative. 12.5x19.4 cm (5x7¾").Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 264.Taber acquired most of Watkins' Pacific Coast Views negatives in 1875-76, amidst economic difficulties for Watkins and some skulduggery by his financial partner J.J. Cook. Taber, best known until that time as a portrait photographer, published Watkins' view under his own name and negative numbers.Watkins's exposures captured the wonder and emotion of the American sublime and communicated the scale of the American West to a fascinated public. The wet plate process, however, required long exposure times-sometimes as much as one hour for Watkins's mammoth plates, because he often photographed early in the morning or late in the afternoon to capitalize on the contrasting light and shadows falling over the landscape. As a result, the skies in Watkins's photographs often remained featureless, and he is known to have added clouds artificially by sandwiching glass negatives in his exposures or by hand-working the sky with pigment to simulate cloud effects.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Not in Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to nos. 236-237. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cmcm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 102. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cmcm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 193. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs, " no. 505 . The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 236. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs, no. 212.The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 457. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 203. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 799. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 120 as "Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail.". The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Reference: similar to the work with the same title at the exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Carleton Watkins: Yosemite," November 3, 2014-February 1, 2015.Not in Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." . The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Not in Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to no. 127. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 264. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Not in Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to nos. 124-127. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Reference: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, object no. 2005.27.245;Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs, no. 145.The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system. …

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs" no. 247. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery. Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 483. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.In this light impression Mount Shatsta is barely visible. Annotated verso with owner's name in 1886. Reference: Naef and Hult- Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." no. 802. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system. …

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Not in : Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to Naef and Hult-Lewis, nos. 276 and 277, but better. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 31 x 20.5 cm. on mount 49.2 x 40.5 cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.Not in : Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to Naef and Hult-Lewis, no. 285. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…

Condition: Good. Albumen silver print. 20.5 x 31 cm. on mount 40.5 x 49.2cm. Calligraphic title beneath the image on the mount. As published in the very rare portfolio "Watkins' Yosemite Gallery," named after his San Francisco Gallery.References: Similar to Met Accession Number: 1986.1189.61; Not in : Naef and Hult-Lewis, "Carleton Watkins. The Complete Mammoth Photographs." Similar to Naef and Hult-Lewis, no. 281. The half-mammoth plates are discussed on p. 538.Carleton Watkins was perhaps America's greatest landscape photographer. Watkins bypassed the conventional life of a studio practitioner, specializing instead in landscape work. His first trip to Yosemite, in 1861, resulted in a majestic series of 18 x 22-inch mammoth-plate views. These prints were widely acclaimed for both their technical perfection and their artistry. These images helped convince President Lincoln to ban development in the area, setting the stage for a national park system.…