The Yosemite Falls

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)
Published by: Isaiah West Taber (American, 1830–1912)

1861, printed 1880-1890

Medium/Technique Photograph, albumen print

Dimensions Image/Sheet: 39.8 x 51.2 cm (15 11/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Mount: 44.1 x 56.0 cm (17 3/8 x 22 1/16 in.)

Credit Line A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund

Accession Number1982.418

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPhotographs

Description"Close side view", no. 54 in Taber Inventory as published in Naef and Hult-Lewis, Complete Mammoth Photographs, p. 539

InscriptionsIn negative, l.l. : "54. The Yosemite Falls, 2.550 feet (side view)."; l.r.: "Taber Photo, San Francisco."

Provenance1982, sold by William L. Schaeffer, New York to the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1982)