Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Valley of the Yosemite at source of middle fork of Merced River, California]
Date:
1855
Materials:
drawing on sandpaper: chalk and charcoal
Dimensions:
34.7 x 53.3 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1325--C
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Mountains
- Nature
- Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
- Drawings
- Landscapes
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Content/Description:
Notes:
View from Inspiration Point on Mariposa Trail looking east down valley; El Capitan at left; Bridal Veil Fall and Cathedral Spires at right; Half Dome in distance. Figures on horseback and pack horse in foreground.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (on verso). Signature and date (LL): Tho[ma]s A. Ayres, 1855. Note from inventory sheet: Reproduced July 1856, volume 1:1, Hutchings' California Magazine. See 1963.002:0399--D.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf8f59p5d 6

[Valley of the Yosemite at source of middle fork of Merced River, California]