![Carleton Watkins, [Residence of Mr. Howard, San Mateo, California, with Olive Tree]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9bda5013-d245-447a-b864-35d96b299780/full/!1400,/0/default.jpg)
[Residence of Mr. Howard, San Mateo, California, with Olive Tree]
about 1863–1880
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 39.2 × 52.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-735854
The density of this enormous tree's branches conveys such monumentality that a viewer hardly notices the charming swing hanging to the right of tree trunk. This small detail reflects the changes that occurred in San Mateo County after 1863, when the railroad completed a connection between San Francisco and the farming village of San Mateo to the south. Formerly rural farms soon gave way to the country estates of California's new wealthy residents. One of those residents, a successful entrepreneur named William Howard, commissioned Carleton Watkins to photograph his lavish estate with its monumental olive tree.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1863–1880 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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