California Gentleman

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California Gentleman

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Carleton Watkins

American Photographer · 1829–1916

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At twenty, Carleton Watkins headed out to California to make his fortune. After working as a daguerreotype operator in San Jose, he established his own practice and soon made his first visit to the Yosemite Valley. There he made thirty mammoth plate and one hundred stereograph views that were among the first photographs of Yosemite seen in the East. Partly on the strength of Watkins's photographs,

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Date
1839–1855
Medium
Daguerreotype
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
af370679-ae40-4fef-a5c9-9bc6f209fa4b

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Bust-length portrait of a man dressed in a suit and necktie. He is positioned with his body turned slightly to the right. He poses against a blank cloth backdrop.

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