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Carleton Watkins, [Thurlow Lodge - Tent and Family Group]
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Carleton Watkins

[Thurlow Lodge - Tent and Family Group]

1874

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
38.3 × 53.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-821258

The arrival of Carleton Watkins at a grand residence for a picture session was surely a much-anticipated event. People would have been transfixed watching him erect his two-by three-foot camera fitted with a twenty-five pound lens. When photographing Thurlow Lodge, the home of a former California governor and United States senator, Watkins was expected to concentrate on the buildings and grounds. In this instance, he recognized that a party of seven family members under an umbrella contributed to the picturesque quality of the estate. Waiting to attend to this affluent family is the apron-clad maid, barely visible in the shadow to the left of the palm trees.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • 1874 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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