Carleton Eugene Watkins (5 results)
More imagesVIEW From The GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, OAKLAND. 33[10] Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast Views.
[Stereoview Photograph]. Watkins, Carleton Eugene [1829 - 1916]
Published by Watkins, 427 Montgomery Street (n. d.), San Francisco
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCa post-1875 [1878 / 1879 ?]. Verso blank. Two mounted separate square albumen photographs of the scene. Caption printed under right photograph. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Rounded corners. Watkins begain issuing his "New Series" in 1875, with a relocation of his studio to 427 Montgomery in 1878/79. Mount curled, and lacking tw…o lower corners [slightly affecting text to right side]. PO tape reinforcement to lower edge verso. Fair - Good; Images clear & sharp, VG+. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.
More imagesCALIFORNIA STREET From STOCKTON, San Francisco. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 967
[Stereoview Photograph]. Watkins, Carleton Eugene [1829 - 1916]
Published by (n. d.), 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCa 1869. Caption printed under right image. Series title to left; copyright statement to right. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in black ink. Verso blank. Oblong format: 3-3/16" x 6-5/8". Square corners. "By any standard of assessment, Carleton E. Watkins was a giant of photography. He is arguabl…y America's greatest landscape photographer. Admired and envied by his peers, he possessed a complete mastery of photographic technique and aesthetics." [Palmquist & Kailbourn, PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHERS Of The WEST, p. 578]. Modest wear to mount. Good tonality to photographs. Very Good. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.
MERCHANT EXCHANGE MOONLIGHT. C. E. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 939
[Stereoview Photograph]. Watkins, Carleton Eugene [1829 - 1916]
Published by Photographed and Published by C. E. Watkins, 425 Montgomery Street, San Francisco 1867
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerStereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Watkins imprint to verso. Oblong format: 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Square corners. "By any standard of assessment, Carleton E. Watkins was a giant of photography. He is arguably America's greatest landscape photographer. Admired and envied by his peers, he pos…sessed a complete mastery of photographic technique and aesthetics." [Palmquist & Kailbourn, PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHERS Of The WEST, p. 578]. Per Wikipedia, "The Merchants Exchange actually refers to three distinct buildings in the city's history, the first on Battery Street, and the latter two at the present site on California Street, between Montgomery Street and Leidesdorff Alley." This view of the "second structure on California St., which, like its predecessor, was also three-story building, but in the Beaux-Arts style. Since it was situated more inland than its predecessor, it had a tower for the purpose of observing ships." Building name, and card number, in mss to bottom of mount. Prior owner inked initials ["L. B."] to verso. Small faint smudge in sky of right image. Overall, Very Good. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve Early issue of this view, ca 1867 [or so].
More imagesThe GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, OAKLAND
[Photographer Trade Card / Albumen Photograph]. Watkins, Carleton Eugene [1829 - 1916]
Published by C. E. Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, 26 Montgomery Street (n. d.), San Francisco
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCa 1875. Photograph with printed caption. Verso with 23 line description of the hotel, as well as, underneath, an 11 line plug for "C. E. Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery". Printed, in red, vertical note to verso left side: "Carriages and Buggies Hired at Half the Rates of San Francisco." Recto with albument photograph of the hotel…. Card: 3-1/4" x 5". Photo: 2-3/4" x 4-5/8" "Oaklandâs first large hotel, the Grand Central, at 12th Street from Webster to Harrison, was built in 1872 and destroyed by a fire which started on March 9th, 1880 . It was designed and originally co-owned by Samuel Merritt and Captain P. S. Wilcox, The 1874 Oakland City directory called the building one of the most expensive in the city. Covering a full city block, the building was in the style of Italian architecture with a Mansard roof, and was 4 stories high with 3 towers (probably above these 4 stories). A porch led from each entrance all the way to the sidewalk, making dismounting from carriages convenient even in rain or sun. âThe vestibule at the main entrance has a tesselated flooring of artificial marble. The ceiling rises eighteen feet in the clear. Laurel, oak, and walnut are represented in the graining, which has been executed with considerable care.â Other modern features included an elevator and telegraph office, and suites were available in addition to private rooms." [Oakland Wiki] Watkins is, of course, one of the seminal names in mid-19th C. western photography. This trade card hales from just before Watkins lost his gallery, "apparently after defaulting on a loan from his financial backer, J. J. Cook" who then sold the materials to Isiah West Taber. Cf. Palmquist, PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHERS, p. 581. We find only one OCLC holding of this Watkin's trade card, at the Bancroft. Curiously enough, the extensive Carleton Watkins website, devoted to the photographer's life & body of work [including ephemera & trade cards], does not list the item. Rare. Some age-toning to card. Minor fading to the photograph. Overall, a VG survivor. Now housed in a clear mylar holder.
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Seller: DACART Livres rares & manuscrits (ALAC), Saint-Lambert, QC, CanadaDACART Livres rares & manuscrits (ALAC)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 3,286.71
US$ 25.00 shippingShips from Canada to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Sheets. Condition: Good. Eleven albumen photographs, various sizes (smallest, 5 x 3 1/2 inches; largest, 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches), all with arched tops. In good condition, some with partial fading, ghosting, soiling and staining. None of these Watkins California prints is signed (they could be on the verso, but it is not possible t…o examine as they are pasted-in on thick cardboard, 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches) but most of them can be seen on the website of the Carleton Watkins Organization and in different Archives (The Bancroft Library of the University of California, The California State Library, The Society of California Pionners and The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection), where they are directly attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829-1916), one of the most highly acclaimed of early western photographers. 6 pages disbound from an album, including 7 additional unimportant photographs (European subjects not by Watkins), all pasted-in. These Watkins photographs can be divided in two groups: Monterey, California (Hotel Del Monte and Carmel Mission - Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo); and San Francisco (Palace Hotel, Cliff House and Cable Cars); Handwritten captions in ink for some of them. [1] "Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Cal. Oct. 1882". [2] "The Cottage, Monterey", partially faded. [3] "Cypress Tress, Monterey", partially faded. [4] "Mission El Carmelo" near Monterey". [5] et [6] "Interior of El Carmelo Church". [7] "Cablecars San Francisco Cal." [8] "Seal Rocks, Cliff House 1882". [9, 10, 11] Palace Hotel, San Francisco (not captioned), one of the building, two of the interior. The Carmen Mission was a California Roman Catholic Church headed by Saint Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784. Also, in one of the photographs, Christiano Machado, the caretaker of the Mission for 37 years (until 1902) can be seen. Nice set. Please consult my Photography Catalogue for more items. Photography.
