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Title: River View, Down River, Yosemite - mammoth plate photograph signed by Carleton Watkins Author: Watkins, Carleton E. Place: Yosemite / San Francisco Publisher: Date: [1861] Description: Original mammoth plate albumen photograph. 43x53 cm (17x21"), on original cardstock mount, with early mat attached at top edge. Signed "C.E. Watkins Pho" in ink on mount at lower right, just touching the edge of the image. The Merced River in Yosemite, with trees and rock formations reflecting in the water. Lot Amendments Condition: Some fading to image, matburn at edges; very good. Item number: 262915