Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Falls of the Yosemite on middle fork Merced River, California]
Date:
1855
Materials:
drawing on sandpaper: chalk and charcoal
Dimensions:
51 x 35.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1326--C
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Mountains
- Nature
- Rivers
- Yosemite Valley
(Calif.)
- Drawings
- Landscapes
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Upper and lower Yosemite Falls; figures by campfire and horses near Merced River in foreground.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (on verso): Falls of the Yosemite on middle fork Merced Rvr. Cal[ifornia] Estimated height upper cascade 400 ft lower fall 600 ft total height from base of valley 28,000 ft, by Ayres, 1855. Signature (LL): A. Ayers, [...?] 1855. Note from inventory sheet: Reproduced in Hutchings, California Magazine, v.1:1, July 1856. See 1963.002:0402--D.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf9v19p65 0

[Falls of the Yosemite on middle fork Merced River, California]