The Vernal Fall, 350 Feet High. Yo-semite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.
Object Details
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Date
1864, printed ca. 1867
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Albumen silver print
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Object Format
Mammoth plate
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Dimensions
Image: 20 5/16 x 15 5/8 in.
Mount: 24 7/16 x 18 13/16 in. -
Inscriptions
Mount recto:
inscribed: Thomas Houseworth & Co., Publishers, \ 317-319 Montgomery St., San Francisco. \ THE VERNAL FALL, 350 feet high. \ Yo-Semite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. \ No. 18.
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Amon G. Carter, Jr. Memorial Fund purchase
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Accession Number
P1984.6.3
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Copyright
Public domain
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Big PicturesMarch 5–April 21, 2013
Big Pictures explores the history of enlarged photography; from mammoth glass-plate negatives to photographic enlargers, this medium reveals a decades-long movement to make dramatic enlargements that sharply influence viewer interaction and interpretation.
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American Photographs, 1845 to NowAugust 20, 2016–February 12, 2017
American Photographs brings together more than 70 photographs that span the history of the medium and reflect the diversity of photographic practices during America’s industrial development, highlighting the central role of photography in the United States.
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