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The Lake at the Foot of Half Dome by Carleton E. Watkins — VisualArtsDB

The Lake at the Foot of Half Dome

The Lake at the Foot of Half Dome

Carleton E. Watkins

1861

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 16 1/2 × 20 9/16 in. (41.9 × 52.3 cm) Mount: 21 5/16 in. × 26 7/16 in. (54.1 × 67.2 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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