El Capitan
El Capitan

Currently not on view

El Capitan,

1879–84

George Fiske, American, 1835 - 1918
1996-332

Information

Title
El Capitan
Dates

1879–84

Maker
George Fiske
Medium
Albumen print (mounted to board)
Dimensions
18.8 x 11 cm. (7 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.) mount: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Object Number
1996-332
Inscription
Inscribed in negative, lower left corner: 311 Signed in negative, lower right corner: FISKE.
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
mountains, trees, grass, forests, rock (inorganic material), snow, rivers

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