ID: 700005826 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005826	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

Cathedral Rock - Yo Semite (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1861; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.XM.361.31)

Note: Mammoth plate. Early visitors to Yosemite saw the valley in religious and historical terms, likening the primordial geological features to the great ruins of Western civilization. Sites such as the Egyptian pyramids and the Roman Colosseum had become familiar through stereographs by European photographers. In this photograph of Cathedral Rock, named for its resemblance to Gothic architecture, Watkins emphasized the monumental quality of the towering granite spires that almost entirely fill the frame.

Titles:

Cathedral Rock - Yo Semite (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

First Yosemite series (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: 1861

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.361.31

Other: Creation: Yosemite National Park [7017627] 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 (dome-topped): 40.8 x 50.8 cm (16 1/16 x 20 in.); Mount: 53 x 68.3 cm (20 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.); mammoth plate

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Cathedral Rock [2226428]
	.....(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)

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

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at bottom right edge: "Cathedral Rock - [space] Yo Semite"; in pencil, at lower right corner: "6"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... First Yosemite series

Sources and Contributors:
Cathedral Rock - Yo Semite	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
First Yosemite series	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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