Object Details
- Artist
- Charles L. Weed, born New York City 1824-died Oakland, CA 1903
- Publisher
- Thomas Houseworth and Co., active 1866-1874
- Exhibition Label
- Like Carleton Watkins, his better-known competitor, Charles Weed recognized the pictorial dividend to be gained by showing Yosemite’s glorious geological features in duplicate, using the valley’s lakes as reflecting ponds. Weed first traveled to what was then known as “Yo-Semite,” in 1859, but with a relatively small camera. He returned in 1865 with a larger model capable of using what were called mammoth plates. Like Watkins, he sold his prints to buyers eager to own a photograph of majestic natural beauty.
- A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs
- 1865
- Object number
- 1994.89.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (39.4 x 51.4 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\phenomenon\light
- Landscape\California\Mariposa County
- Landscape\valley\Yosemite Valley
- Landscape\lake\Mirror Lake
- Record ID
- saam_1994.89.5
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76128878b-e12a-42a7-a815-cb71ea98e982
