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The image shows a rustic scene with a wooden hotel among tall trees. The view is from a riverbank, capturing the flow of the water. Two individuals are rowing a boat across the river. Mountains are faintly visible in the background, partly covered by foliage. The color palette is primarily in sepia tones. The focus is on the natural setting, with the hotel blending into the landscape.
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The image shows a rustic scene with a wooden hotel among tall trees. The view is from a riverbank, capturing the flow of the water. Two individuals are rowing a boat across the river. Mountains are faintly visible in the background, partly covered by foliage. The color palette is primarily in sepia tones. The focus is on the natural setting, with the hotel blending into the landscape.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Yosemite Hotel"

Eadweard Muybridge

Date
1867
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.7 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.) mount: 8.4 × 17.6 cm (3 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.19.5194
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Anonymous gift)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Views of the Yosemite Valley, California

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • California
  • Boat
  • Nature
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Hotel
  • landscape
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Private collection; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: VIEWS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. / The Flying Studio. HELIOS. San Francisco.; along right edge: Entered according to Act of Congress, in 1868, by Edw. J. Muybridge, / in Clerk’s Office District Court U.S., District of California.; bottom right: 59. Yosemite Hotel.

NGA object ID 175482. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.