Carleton WatkinsAmerican
Lights and Shadows, Merced River
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Where is “Lights and Shadows, Merced River” 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.
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About the work
View of a shallow, rushing river; the foreground riverbank is covered in smooth rocks, while the background bank is lined with large boulders, with a forest of trees behind them.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2024.72.116
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — Open Content
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![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)
