Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

1867

Carleton E. Watkins

Associated Names
Carleton E. Watkins

Artist, American, 1829 - 1916

The image shows a calm body of water with a curved shoreline and towering cliffs on the left. Small trees cling to the cliff tops. The horizon is marked by distant hills on the right. The color palette is warm sepia. Rocks in the water are reflected on its surface. In the distance, a forest of trees stretches towards the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.1 x 38.1 cm (19 3/4 x 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.36.126

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

  • Seeing Things, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1995.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

Bibliography

1989

  • Carleton E. Watkins: Photographs 1861-1874. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 1989, illus. pl.93.

1990

  • Greenough 1990, illus. pl. 102.

Inscriptions

lower left printed: 419. Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon.; lower right printed: Taber Photo, San Francisco; all by later hands, on mount: lower right in graphite: 1867 / CW.165.X

Wikidata ID

Q64145658

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