The image shows a calm body of water with a curved shoreline and towering cliffs on the left. Small trees cling to the cliff tops. The horizon is marked by distant hills on the right. The color palette is warm sepia. Rocks in the water are reflected on its surface. In the distance, a forest of trees stretches towards the sky.
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Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

1867

Medium
albumen silver print
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
overall: 50.1 x 38.1 cm (19 3/4 x 15 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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