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CHARLES WEED (1824-1903)
ATTRIBUTED TO
Yosemite reflection * Nevada Falls.
Together, 2 arch-topped albumen prints, 7
1
/
2
x9 inches (19x22.9 cm.),
and the reverse, on contemporary supports. 1859-72
[1,800/2,200]
From the Estate of Nanette Sexton.
CharlesWeed took some of the first, if not the very first, photographs of theYosemiteValley in 1859.
Weed returned to theValley in 1872, perhaps with Eadweard Muybridge.