Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, 1861

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

overall: 52.5 x 39.2 cm (20 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and David Robinson

Accession Number

1995.35.24

Artists / Makers

Carleton E. Watkins (artist) American, 1829 - 1916

Image Use

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Inscription

all on mount: lower left in black ink: nc110; lower right in black ink: C.E. Watkins; lower center in graphite: Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove 33 ft Diam

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1989: Carleton E. Watkins: Photographs, 1861-1874. Exh. cat. Fraenkel Gallery. San Francisco, 1989, pl. 63.

1993: Hambourg, Maria Morris. The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, no. 156, p.327.