Caption

View of the Yosemite Valley from Sentinel Dome, Views from Sentinel Dome No. 3, photograph, page, number: 'XXI.', photographer: Carleton E. Watkins, Yosemite Valley, c. 1860 - in or before 1868, North America, California, paper, albumen print, height 155 mm x width 207 mm, mountains, rock-formations, dale, valley, A wide, sepia-toned landscape photograph showing layered mountain ridges receding into the distance under a pale sky, with snow patches on higher slopes and darker tree-covered lower slopes; the foreground contains a dense forest of tall conifer trees with snow on branches and a textured, uneven ground; midground domes and rounded granite outcrops rise above the tree line, and distant jagged peaks with snow traces form a horizon line.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_095

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.0Mb (9.0Mb) / 14.8in x 12.8in / 4453 x 3848 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Yosemite Valley Sentinel Dome Views Sentinel Dome No 3 photograph page number Xxi photographer Carleton E Watkins c 1860 - 1868 North America California paper albumen print height 155 mm x width 207 mm mountains rock-formations dale valley wide sepia-toned landscape photograph showing layered mountain ridges receding distance under pale sky snow patches higher slopes darker tree-covered lower slopes foreground contains dense forest tall conifer trees snow branches textured uneven ground midground domes rounded granite outcrops rise tree line distant jagged peaks snow traces form horizon line