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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Weed, Charles Leander Creator Nationality: American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1824 - 1903 Biography: Charles Leander Weed American, 1824-1903Born in New York state, Charles Leander Weed moved to Sacramento, where he became a camera operator in the daguerreotype portrait studio of George J. Watson in 1854. Four years later he was named the junior partner of Robert Vance, the leading daguerreotypist in California during the 1850s. Weed is recognized for his early views of Yosemite. In June 1859 he was the first known photographer to venture into the valley, taken there by the publisher, developer, and entrepreneur James Hutchings, who printed woodcuts after Weed's wet plate photographs later that year in his Hutchings' California Magazine. Like other photographers, Weed switched from daguerreotypes to the wet collodion technique soon after its local introduction at the 1855 California State Fair. His views of early mining and settlement in California have been much admired. In 1860 Weed left his partnership to make the first of several visits to Asia, briefly establishing a studio in Hong Kong before returning to California the following year. He photographed Yosemite in 1864, then traveled to produce views of Hawaii in 1865 and of the Far East in 1867. That same year he showed his photographs at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, winning an international award for landscape photography. Weed made another trip to Yosemite in 1872, probably with Eadweard Muybridge, and later worked as a photoengraver. T.W.F. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: New York State Creator Death Place: Oakland, CA Creator Name-CRT: Charles Leander Weed Title: Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1860 Creation End Date: 1870 Creation Date: c. 1865 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photograph Materials and Techniques: albumen print from wet collodion negative Dimensions: Image: 39.7cm x 51.7cm, Mounted: 55.6cm x 71cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 2002.43 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html Style or Period: America, 19th century AMICA ID: CMA_.2002.43 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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