"Yosemite Hotel"

1867

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a rustic scene with a wooden hotel among tall trees. The view is from a riverbank, capturing the flow of the water. Two individuals are rowing a boat across the river. Mountains are faintly visible in the background, partly covered by foliage. The color palette is primarily in sepia tones. The focus is on the natural setting, with the hotel blending into the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Anonymous gift)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.7 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
    mount: 8.4 × 17.6 cm (3 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.5194

  • Series Title

    Views of the Yosemite Valley, California

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: VIEWS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. / The Flying Studio. HELIOS. San Francisco.; along right edge: Entered according to Act of Congress, in 1868, by Edw. J. Muybridge, / in Clerk’s Office District Court U.S., District of California.; bottom right: 59. Yosemite Hotel.

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