Cathedral Rock - Yo Semite
1861
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 40.8 × 50.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-815735
Early visitors to Yosemite saw the valley in religious and historical terms, likening the primordial geological features to the great ruins of Western civilization. Sites such as the Egyptian pyramids and the Roman Colosseum had become familiar through stereographs by European photographers. In this photograph of Cathedral Rock, named for its resemblance to Gothic architecture, Watkins emphasized the monumental quality of the towering granite spires that almost entirely fill the frame.
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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