Carleton WatkinsAmerican
Benton Works
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Not on view at present
Where is “Benton Works” now? Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Not on view at present. Checked October 7, 2026.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Benton Works mill (and dam) was in the vast Las Mariposas mining estate controlled by John C. Frémont and his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont. Watkins's commission drew upon his prior experience with mother lode mining subjects.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 84.XM.171.23
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — Open Content
![Untitled [Placer mining scene], Carleton Watkins, about 1850s](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1275e5e3-87f9-499f-82e3-5fe316664ed7/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![Untitled [river mining scene], Carleton Watkins, about 1850s](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/3e4e6994-578f-4884-b7b2-9e67782ae228/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![Untitled [Valparaiso, Chile], Carleton Watkins, about 1852](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2c38eb19-1e7e-492a-a748-fa46ef6a869d/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Illustration of Fire Apparatus], Carleton Watkins, 1853–1880](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/f5ce3032-51b1-45cd-9101-94b76de45d9e/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
