Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist
Creator Name:
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873), German, printer
Group Creator Name:
- Hutchings & Rosenfield (active ca. 1856), publisher
- Nahl Brothers (active 1852-1871), lithographer
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Role:
printer
Title:
General view of the great Yo-Semite [Yosemite] Valley, Mariposa County, California
Date:
c1859
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
45.7 x 61 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0399--D
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Mountains
- Nature
- Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
- Landscapes
- Lithographs
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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 by campfire and horses in foreground.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Nahl Brothers, lith.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1859 by Hutchings & Rosenfield... California/T.A. Ayers, del.; (LC, below title): Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco; (LR): L. Nagel, print. Handwritten (LR): To the Conneticut Historical Society, with respects of [M.? Tracy?] Printed text below title includes Indian names for topographical features mentioned above. For variant see 1963.002:0394--C. For original see 1963.002:1325--C.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf267nb4q h

General view of the great Yo-Semite [Yosemite] Valley, Mariposa County, California