Sentinel (View of the Valley) 3270 ft. Yo Semite
1861
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 51.4 × 40.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-685262
Sentinel Rock, rising 3,270 feet to the heavens from the base of the Yosemite Valley, was one of the most difficult natural monuments to photograph. On the south side of the valley, along the Merced River, Carleton Watkins found an accessible location and photographed the formation late in the afternoon, benefiting from the setting sun as it highlighted the trees along the riverbank. Though initially overwhelmed by the immensity of the landscape when he first arrived in California in 1851, Watkins went on to successfully render the dramatic scale of western landscape features-mountains, trees, deserts, and oceans.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1861 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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