The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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173 ( 829)	The Three Brothers, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 173, no. 829 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₂ x 15 ¹⁄₄ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Bennett print has this label: Recto mount on pasted paper label, centered below image: Pompompasos {The Three Brothers}, Yosemite with series number 829 and his â€˜San Francisco' studio address.		No Image Available
174 ( 30)	Mirror View of the Three Brothers, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 174, no. 30 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ⁵⁄₈ x 15 ³⁄₄ in.) Notes: CMP notes: UCLA and CSL cut-down cropped very differently (more info on bottom of print, less on sides)		No Image Available
175 ( 34)	Three Brothers, Front View, 4480 ft. Yo Semite CPM cat. no. 175, no. 34 Descriptive Title: The Three Brothers, Front View, Yosemite Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP p. 79—The Great Yosemite Valley #175 Tags: California \| Mammoth Plate Same Viewpoint \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 6 - The Three Brothers	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
176 ( 46)	A Camping Party in Camp, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 176, no. 46 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Close-up of these 5 people suggests it was a portrait: who are these 2 women and 3 men? Part of the Trenor Park group? Is one Thomas Hill?	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
177 ( 64)	Sentinel Rock from the Upper House Hotel at Foot, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 177, no. 64 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₂ x 15 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 20 ¹⁄₂ x 15 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: CEW number assigned based on UCLA print. Very close to CEW 65, but subtle differences.. Note 9 people--7 sitting, 2 standing (6 men, 3 women) posed in front of hotel. Negative damaged upper left--j ...		No Image Available
178 ( 65)	Sentinel Rock, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 178, no. 65 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Posed in front of Hutchings's hotel are ten people, eight men and two women. Posted on the wall to the left of the entrance is a broadside with a text that reads: â€œC.E. Watkins / Yosemite Galle ...	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
179 ( 48)	Ponderosa Pine (Pinus Ponderosa), Yosemite CPM cat. no. 179, no. 48 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CEW number on U of VT print	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
180 ( 832)	Sentinel Rock and Sentinel Hotel, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 180, no. 832 Mammoth Plate (image 21 x 15 ³⁄₈ in.)		No Image Available
181 ( 32)	Sentinel Rock, View up Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 181, no. 32 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₄ x 16 in., mount 26 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1867 Paris Expo; Exhibited at 1869 MI Fair	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
182 ( 33)	Sentinel Rock, View up Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 182, no. 33 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 16 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 28 x 22 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1868 MI Fair. CEW number 33 inscribed on recto, print has been erased and is no longer visible to the naked eye. Compare with Taber no. 913	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
183 ( 830)	The Sentinel, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 183, no. 830 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
184 ( 44)	Sentinel Rock, Front View, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 184, no. 44 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
185 ( 66)	Sentinel Rock, Front View, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 185, no. 66 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CSL print identified as a Bradley & Rulofson photo (with B&R number 44). SNY print has number 66.	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
186 ( 43)	Sentinel Rock, View down Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 186, no. 43 Notes: CMP notes: CSL print identified as Bradley & Rulofson photo (with B&R number 66)	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
187 ( 9)	Up Yosemite Valley from the Foot of Mariposa Trail CPM cat. no. 187, no. 9 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in., mount 20 ⁷⁄₈ x 27 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Sold at Phillips auction 04/04 from Private Collection in Mass. Titled and numbered â€œView of the Valley Yosemite No. 9â€ in pencil on verso, acc. to auction notes.	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
188 ( 18)	Up Yosemite Valley from the Foot of El Capitan CPM cat. no. 188, no. 18 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CEW number on CSL album print and UCSNY print. Exhibited at 1867 Paris Expo; Exhibited at 1868 MI Fair.	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
189 ( 67)	River View near Hutchings Hotel, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 189, no. 67 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₈ x 20 ³⁄₄ in., mount 15 ⁵⁄₈ x 20 ³⁄₄ in.)		No Image Available
190 ( 12)	Outline of the Cathedral Rock from the River at Foot, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 190, no. 12 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1867 Paris Expo.	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
191 ( 68)	Glacier Point, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 191, no. 68 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ⁵⁄₈ x 16 in., mount 28 x 22 in.)	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
192 ( 69)	Mount Starr King and Glacier Point, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 192, no. 69 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₂ x 16 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 28 x 22 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1868 MI Fair; Exhibited at 1869 MI Fair	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
193 ( 70)	Mount Starr King, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 193, no. 70 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₄ x 15 ¹³⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: This number is assigned. There was a print, sold at Sotheby's auction catalog of Nov. 1979, lot 299, that was actually numbered 70.		No Image Available
194 ( 49)	River View, Yosemite Falls CPM cat. no. 194, no. 49 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
195 ( 50)	Yosemite Falls, Front View CPM cat. no. 195, no. 50 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CEW number on BL print, among others	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
196 ( 53)	Yosemite Falls from the Upper House CPM cat. no. 196, no. 53 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
197 ( 52)	Yosemite Falls CPM cat. no. 197, no. 52 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View