ID: 700005825 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005825	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Pt. Mariposa Trail (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; negative 1865 - 1866; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.XM.11.20)

Note: Mammoth plate. This sweeping view of the Yosemite Valley in winter was made from Inspiration Point on the Mariposa Trail. Yosemite's highest peak, El Capitan, rises at the left, a granite buttress 3,604 feet (1,098 meters) from the valley floor. At center right, almost lost in the photograph's dizzying detail, Bridalveil Fall streams down the mountainside, 620 feet (189 meters) of flowing white mist. Barely visible, Half Dome's crest forms an arc in the snowy center distance. The narrow foreground strip reveals that Carleton Watkins's camera was mere feet from the edge of Inspiration Point, giving the viewer a solid sense of being there, literally on the edge.

Titles:

The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Pt. Mariposa Trail (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

[General View of the Valley - from Inspiration Point] (C,U,undetermined,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: negative 1865 - 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.11.20

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: 39.7 x 52.1 cm (15 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.); Mount: 53.7 x 68.9 cm (21 1/8 x 27 1/8 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)

travel

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 black India ink, at lower center under image, in the style of Fulgenzio Seregni: "The Yosemite Valley / from Inspiration Pt. Mariposa Trail."; in black India ink, at lower left under image: "No. 6."; in black India ink, at lower right under image: "C.E. Watkins"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

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

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