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Carleton Watkins, The Mother of the Forest, seen through Terrey Group, Calaveras Grove
Gift of Stephan Loewentheil · Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content ProgramView original →
Carleton Watkins

The Mother of the Forest, seen through Terrey Group, Calaveras Grove

1878–1881

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
12.6 × 12.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-863574

A grove of giant sequoia and conifer trees; sunlight shines through the canopy and dapples the ground beneath the trees.

Provenance

Gift of Stephan Loewentheil

Registry history

  • 1878–1881 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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