The Town on the Hill, New Almaden

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Artist: Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
Date: 1863
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: 39.7 x 52.3 cm (15 5/8 x 20 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1989
Accession no.: 1989.1083

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.