YOSEMITE FALLS FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, 3177 FEET
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Yosemite Falls from the Upper House, 3177 feet

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829 – 1916)

1861–66

Medium
Albumen silver print
Classification
Photographs
Dimensions
40 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of Unknown Donor
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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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About this work

Landscape featuring large waterfall from mountain in the background; foreground of meadow and forest.