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Carleton Watkins, "Inverted in the Tide Stand the Grey Rocks."
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Carleton Watkins

"Inverted in the Tide Stand the Grey Rocks."

July 1861

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen glass stereograph
Dimensions
5.6 × 14.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-444124

To enliven his views, Watkins incorporated reflections whenever possible, and he was one of the first photographers to do so systematically over many decades. Watkins was a master of the reflected image, and this example is one of the best of the genre. He was an avid reader, and he occasionally made literary references when titling his work. In the name for this stereograph, the gray rocks refer to a line from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1824 poem "An April Day."

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • July 1861 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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