Colfax Point, Yosemite Valley
Colfax Point, Yosemite Valley

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Colfax Point, Yosemite Valley,

ca. 1863

Charles Bierstadt Studio, active 1863–1903, Niagara Falls, NY
2019-269

Information

Title
Colfax Point, Yosemite Valley
Dates

ca. 1863

Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 7.9 × 7.6 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.) mount: 8.6 × 17.6 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund
Object Number
2019-269
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California

Inscription
Printed on card: C. Bierstadt Photographer | 1094. Colfax Point, Yo Semite Val. | Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Culture
American
Type
stereographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
landscapes (representations), mountains, valleys (landforms), figures (representations)

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