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Merced River, Yosemite by Carleton E. Watkins — VisualArtsDB

Merced River, Yosemite

Merced River, Yosemite

Carleton E. Watkins

1870–1874

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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riverslandscapes

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