Artworks · Carleton E. Watkins

Putting in Elevator, Golden Feather, Oroville

1891 · albumen print

image/sheet: 38.3 × 54.5 cm (15 1/16 × 21 7/16 in.) mount: 43.7 × 58.6 cm (17 3/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Late George Cling Peaches

1889 · Albumen silver print

12 15/16 × 19 13/16" (32.8 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

George Davidson's Earth Measuring Apparatus, Yolo Base Line Project, near Davis, California

1881 · Cyanotype

8 5/16 × 11 7/8" (21.1 × 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North

1880 · albumen print

image: 9.3 x 16.2 cm (3 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.) mount: 10.7 x 16.5 cm (4 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seal Point, Farallon Islands, Pacific Ocean

1879 · albumen print

image/sheet: 12.1 × 20.7 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.) mount: 13.6 × 21.5 cm (5 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point

1878 · albumen print

image: 59.2 × 39.4 cm (23 5/16 × 15 1/2 in.) mount: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mirror Lake (View of Mt. Watkins), Yosemite

1878 · Albumen silver print

21 × 15 1/4" (53.3 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Santa Margarita Ranch

1876 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lake Vineyard and Orange Grove, Los Angeles

1876 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vineyard of Camulos Ranch

1876 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virginia City

1875 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sutro Tunnel's Road to Virginia City

1875 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sutro Tunnel Shaft No. 3

1875 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

San Francisco from Telegraph Hill: The Golden Gate and Alcatraz and the Bay

1875 · Albumen silver prints

Each: 15 1/4 × 21" (38.7 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Witches Rock, near Echo City, Utah

1873 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 21 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. (54.3 x 41.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Sentinel, Echo Canyon, Utah

1873 · Albumen silver print

20 × 15 1/16" (50.8 × 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Twin Redwoods, Palo Alto

1872 · albumen print

image: 52.4 × 39.5 cm (20 5/8 × 15 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County

1871 · albumen print

overall: 39.3 x 54.8 cm (15 1/2 x 21 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Union Diggings, Columbia Hill, Nevada County

1871 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 15 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (40.3 x 54.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ambroise Bernard Album

1870 · Albumen silver prints

43.5 x 37.5 cm (17 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yosemite Falls, Reflected

1870 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Yosemite

1870 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Half Dome, Yosemite, California

1870 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons

1868 · albumen print

overall: 41.2 x 54.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Watkins' Pacific Coast: In the Mariposa Grove, Mariposa County, California

1868 · albumen silver prints mounted to stereographic card

sheet and image (each): 3 x 3 1/8 in. (7.6 x 7.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Golden Gate

1868 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lower Multnomah Falls, Columbia River

1867 · albumen print

image/sheet: 52.3 × 40.7 cm (20 9/16 × 16 in.) mount: 70.8 × 55.6 cm (27 7/8 × 21 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cape Horn, Columbia River

1867 · albumen print

image/sheet: 40.5 × 52.2 cm (15 15/16 × 20 9/16 in.) mount: 53.34 × 68.58 cm (21 × 27 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cape Horn, Columbia River

1867 · albumen print

overall: 41.2 x 52.5 cm (16 1/4 x 20 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mt. Hood and the Dalles, Columbia River

1867 · albumen print

image/sheet: 40 × 52.4 cm (15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in.) mount: 55 × 68.4 cm (21 5/8 × 26 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

1867 · albumen print

overall: 50.1 x 38.1 cm (19 3/4 x 15 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Islands in the Upper Cascades, Oregon

1867 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flour and Woolen Mills, Oregon City

1867 · Albumen silver print

15 3/4 × 21 5/8" (40 × 54.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

El Capitan (3600 Feet) from the Foot of the Mariposa Trail

1867 · Albumen silver print

7 5/8 × 11 11/16" (19.4 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dalles, Oregon

1867 · Albumen silver print

15 1/2 × 20 1/2" (39.3 × 52.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

1865 · albumen print

image: 41.6 × 52.5 cm (16 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.) mount: 53.2 × 68.3 cm (20 15/16 × 26 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bridal Veil, Yosemite

1865 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 40.1 x 52.4 cm (15 13/16 x 20 5/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Yosemite Falls

1865 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Three Brothers, Yosemite

1865 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (31.7 x 20.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite

1861 · albumen print

image: 40.96 × 52.39 cm (16 1/8 × 20 5/8 in.) sheet: 53.02 × 68.26 cm (20 7/8 × 26 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove

1861 · albumen print

overall: 52.5 x 39.2 cm (20 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Piwyac, Vernal Fall, 300 feet, Yosemite

1861 · albumen print

sheet (trimmed to image): 39.9 x 52.3 cm (15 11/16 x 20 9/16 in.) mount: 53.2 x 68.7 cm (20 15/16 x 27 1/16 in.) mat: 66 x 76.1 cm (26 x 29 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Davoncastle Butte, Sierra Nevada

1861 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 40.5 x 54.8 cm (15 15/16 x 21 9/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite, California

1861 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 12 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 20.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove

1861 · albumen silver print

image: 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (52.7 x 40.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cascade, Nevada Falls, Yosemite, California

1861 · albumen silver print

sheet and image: 15 5/8 x 20 7/8 in. (39.6 x 53.0 cm.) irregular

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Arbutus Menziesii, Pursh

1861 · Albumen silver print

14 3/8 × 21 7/16" (36.5 × 54.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite

1861 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

20 9/16 × 15 11/16" (52.2 × 39.9 cm) (irregular)

Museum of Modern Art