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Photograph, Vernal Fall, 300 Feet, Piwyac
This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Carleton E. Watkins. It is dated 1861–66 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is albumen silver print. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The Native-American name for Vernal Fall, Piwyac, means “cascading crystals,” which describes exactly the effects of sunlight refracted in the water droplets. Watkins, one of the celebrated photographers of Yosemite, documented the sight at the height of the spring run-off, when the drama of the Fall is at its most spectacular. This image, reproduced here in “mammoth-plate” size as a single image, was also sold as a stereocard, which, when viewed through a stereoviewer, reproduced the three-dimensional experience of the Fall.
Wall Label from exhibition, "Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape," Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY.
This object was
transferred from
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: Picture Library.
It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.
Its dimensions are
Frame: 60 x 75.6 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
It is signed
Lower right corner: C. E. Watkins
Cite this object as
Photograph, Vernal Fall, 300 Feet, Piwyac; Photographed by Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829 – 1916); USA; albumen silver print; Frame: 60 x 75.6 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/4 in.); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1976-23-11
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.
