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Vernal Falls, Yosemite by Carleton E. Watkins — VisualArtsDB

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Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Carleton E. Watkins

1861

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: greatest dimen.: 40.8 × 52.3 cm (16 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.) mount, irregular: 49.3 × 58.5 cm (19 7/16 × 23 1/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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