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Carleton Watkins
The Three Brothers, Yosemite

1865-66

$4,500
£3,417.86
€3,931.17
CA$6,287.38
A$7,011.14
CHF 3,658.12
MX$86,029.36
NOK 46,561.98
SEK 44,116.46
DKK 29,339.74
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About the Item

This early albumen silver print is titled in ink on the front of the mount. Printed before 1876, when Watkins lost his negatives to a creditor, who sold them to his competitor, Isaiah W. Taber. This print is mounted to its original album leaf, excised from a Grand Tour album compiled by a noble Swiss family. This plate was taken at the same position as the mammoth plate of Three Brothers (Naef & Hult-Lewis Cat. 170), with a slight deviation in composition.
  • Creator:
    Carleton Watkins (1826 - 1916, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1865-66
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Pacific Grove, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: CEW0071stDibs: LU2775215234162

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