COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.2002.44
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
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Object Type:
Photographs
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Photographs
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Creator Name:
Watkins, Carleton E.
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Watkins, Carleton E.
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Creator Nationality:
American
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American
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
1829 - 1916
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1829 - 1916
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Biography:
Carleton E. Watkins American, 1829-1916Born in Oneonta, New York, Carleton Watkins traveled west to California in the early 1850s, shortly after the gold rush. He learned photography in 1854 from Robert Vance, one of the earliest and best of San Francisco's daguerreotypists. Vance's landscape photography, unusually skilled for the time, may have influenced Watkins's work. Watkins was among the first photographers in the Yosemite valley, shooting there in 1861, and his mammoth-plate landscape photographs of the area are believed to have contributed to Yosemite's early designation as a national park. His Yosemite Art Gallery opened in San Francisco in 1867, but unlike most photographers of the time, Watkins is not known to have done much portrait work. His subjects included topographical, scenic, survey, agricultural, and urban views of California and surrounding states, including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Through his friendship with railroad magnate Collis Huntington, Watkins photographed along railway lines and was able to reach distant sites. Huntington later bought him the farm where he retired. Watkins's landscapes were well received; he was awarded an international medal at the Paris Exposition (1867) and a medal of progress at the Vienna International Exposition (1873). The numerous commissions and the work produced for the public market by Watkins combine clarity of vision with technical expertise. His work set the standard for subsequent photographers of western views, such as William Henry Jackson, Timothy O'Sullivan, and John K. Hillers. Although his life was difficult and his business sense lacking, his photographic efforts were protracted and indefatigable. Watkins's negatives were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. He died several years later blind and insane. T.W.F.
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Carleton E. Watkins American, 1829-1916Born in Oneonta, New York, Carleton Watkins traveled west to California in the early 1850s, shortly after the gold rush. He learned photography in 1854 from Robert Vance, one of the earliest and best of San Francisco's daguerreotypists. Vance's landscape photography, unusually skilled for the time, may have influenced Watkins's work. Watkins was among the first photographers in the Yosemite valley, shooting there in 1861, and his mammoth-plate landscape photographs of the area are believed to have contributed to Yosemite's early designation as a national park. His Yosemite Art Gallery opened in San Francisco in 1867, but unlike most photographers of the time, Watkins is not known to have done much portrait work. His subjects included topographical, scenic, survey, agricultural, and urban views of California and surrounding states, including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Through his friendship with railroad magnate Collis Huntington, Watkins photographed along railway lines and was able to reach distant sites. Huntington later bought him the farm where he retired. Watkins's landscapes were well received; he was awarded an international medal at the Paris Exposition (1867) and a medal of progress at the Vienna International Exposition (1873). The numerous commissions and the work produced for the public market by Watkins combine clarity of vision with technical expertise. His work set the standard for subsequent photographers of western views, such as William Henry Jackson, Timothy O'Sullivan, and John K. Hillers. Although his life was difficult and his business sense lacking, his photographic efforts were protracted and indefatigable. Watkins's negatives were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. He died several years later blind and insane. T.W.F.
Biography
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Gender:
M
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Gender
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Creator Birth Place:
Oneonta, NY
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Oneonta, NY
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Creator Death Place:
Imola, CA
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Imola, CA
Creator Death Place
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Creator Name-CRT:
Carleton E. Watkins
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Carleton E. Watkins
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Title:
The Domes, from the Sentinel Domes, Yosemite
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The Domes, from the Sentinel Domes, Yosemite
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
c. 1865-66
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c. 1865-66
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1860
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1860
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1871
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1871
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
mammoth albumen print from wet collodion negative
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mammoth albumen print from wet collodion negative
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Classification Term:
Photograph
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Photograph
Classification Term
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Style or Period:
America, 19th century
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America, 19th century
Style or Period
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Dimensions:
Image: 39.6cm x 52.4cm, Mounted: 53.2cm x 68.1cm
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Image: 39.6cm x 52.4cm, Mounted: 53.2cm x 68.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
2002.44
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2002.44
ID Number
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Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
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John L. Severance Fund
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
written in brown ink on recto: "No. 94"; "C.E. Watkins"; Sentinel Dome-Yosemite-No 94 3 (in red crayon)" in pencil at top of mount: "64-" Bottom of mount: "CEW. 182 .X The Domes. From the Sentinel Dome- Yosemite- No 94 3 (3 written in red conte crayon)
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written in brown ink on recto: "No. 94"; "C.E. Watkins"; Sentinel Dome-Yosemite-No 94 3 (in red crayon)" in pencil at top of mount: "64-" Bottom of mount: "CEW. 182 .X The Domes. From the Sentinel Dome- Yosemite- No 94 3 (3 written in red conte crayon)
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.2002.44.tif
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CMA_.2002.44.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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