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Carleton E. Watkins

El Capitan, Yosemite

1865–66
Albumen silver print from glass negative
52.6 × 40.5 cm (20.7 × 15.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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