Strait of Carquennes, from South Vallejo, 1868–69, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 40.3 x 52.5 cm (15 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916), When Watkins exhibited his mammoth prints in 1869, a critic remarked, 'They justly deserve the encomiums passed upon them. For clearness, strength, and softness of tone, these picturesque views are unexcelled; and while they present truthful representations of the scene chosen, they are an earnest of the artistic skill of the photographer
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Strait, Carquennes, South Vallejo, 1868–69, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 40.3 x 52.5 cm, 15 7/8 20 11/16, Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829–1916, Watkins, exhibited, mammoth prints, 1869, critic remarked, justly deserve, encomiums passed, upon, clearness, strength, softness, tone, picturesque views, unexcelled, present truthful, representations, scene chosen, earnest, artistic skill, photographer
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