Chapter 9 images

The Birth of the Nature Park Idea

0 Frederic Edwin Church, To the Memory of Cole, 1848, private collex
Frederic Edwin Church, To the Memory of Cole, 1848.  Private collection.
1 CEW, From the Foot of the Mariposa Trail, 1861, NYPL 1500
Carleton Watkins, From the Foot of the Mariposa Trail, 1861. Collection of the New York Public Library.
2 CEW Thomas Starr King's Church [First Unitarian], SF, 1863-64, BANC
Carleton Watkins, Thomas Starr King’s Church [First Unitarian], San Francisco, 1863-64. Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California,  Berkeley.
3, CEW, Cathedral Spires, 1861, JPGM 1200
Carleton Watkins, Cathedral Spires, Yosemite, 1861. Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
4 CEW, Outline View of Half Dome, 1861, Met 1500
Carleton Watkins, Outline View of Half Dome, Yosemite, 1861. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
5 CEW, The Lake, Yosemite, 1861, SUL 1500
Carleton Watkins, The Lake [Mirror Lake], Yosemite, 1861. Collection of the Stanford University Libraries.
7 CEW, Cascade, 1861, JPGM 1500
Carleton Watkins, Cascade between Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, Yosemite, 1861. Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

7 CEW, The [Schuyler] Colfax Party, 1865, SCP 1500
Carleton Watkins, The Colfax Party, Yosemite, 1865. Collection of the Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco.
8 CEW, A Camping Party in Yosemite, 1865, Crocker
Carleton Watkins, A Camping Party in Yosemite [The Colfax Party], 1865, Collection of the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif.

9 Thomas Crawford, Statue of Freedom, 1857-62, AOC 650
Thomas Crawford, Statue of Freedom, 1857-62. Collection of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington.
10 Emanuel Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, 1861, AOC 1500
Emanuel Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, 1861. Collection of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington.
11 Albert Bierstadt, Valley of the Yosemite, 1864, MFAB
Albert Bierstadt, Valley of the Yosemite, 1864. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
12 Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863, Met 1500
Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak, 1863. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
13 CEW, Mount Broderick and Nevada Fall, Yosemite, 1861, Met 1500
Carleton Watkins, Mount Broderick and Nevada Fall, Yosemite, 1861. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
14 CEW, Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-66, LOC 1200
Carleton Watkins, Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1865-66. Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington.