Vernal Fall, Yosemite

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
Date: 1865–66, printed ca. 1875
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
Accession no.: 1972.643.1

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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Carleton E. Watkins
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Carleton E. Watkins
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Carleton E. Watkins
1865–66, printed ca. 1875 · Photograph
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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