ID: 700005820 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005820	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

[First View of the Valley] (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; about 1866; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.XM.11.1)

Note: Mammoth plate. Carleton Watkins positioned his camera in what appears to be midair, capturing the breathtaking effect of the view of Yosemite Valley on first-time visitors. The wonder and amazement led one spectator to proclaim, ''I can tell you nothing of the beauty and grandeur of the scenery--I could not speak, my breath was gone . . . .It is truly the great work of God." Such a remark reveals that Watkins's photographs confirmed the sense of wonder celebrated in America's grand wilderness.

Titles:

[First View of the Valley] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

[First View of Yosemite Valley, from the Mariposa Trail] (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

photographic print [300127104]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1866

Creator Display:

Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002731]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 85.XM.11.1

Other: Creation: Yosemite Valley [7017628] Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 41.1 x 52.4 cm (16 3/16 x 20 5/8 in.); Mount: 55.6 x 67.3 cm (21 7/8 x 26 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Colonial North American [300107812] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Colonial American (pan-American style))

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Yosemite Valley [7017628]
	.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	mountains (landforms) [300008795]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	landscape (representation) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	Yosemite National Park [7017627]
	.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at bottom center under image: "First View of the Valley"; in pencil, at bottom right edge: "AS #9"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[First View of the Valley]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[First View of Yosemite Valley, from the Mariposa Trail]	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)