Lot 470
USA - Watkins, Carleton
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
An album of albumen prints containing; Watkins, Carleton 16 albumen prints of Yosemite, circa 1860's, approx 12 by 20cm & 15 by 10cm, all captioned in ink below, one [possibly three] showing Galen Clark; Niagara Falls 5 prints of Niagara falls, c. 1860's, approx 14 by 19cm; various other prints of India and Europe, all pasted onto both sides of leaves, contemporary morocco gilt, gilt insignia on boards
Footnote
Note: Galen Clark was Carleton Watkins guide around Yosemite in the early 1860's. His role in the history of Yosemite is significant; discovering Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and becoming the first Guardian of the Yosemite National Park from 1864.