Nugget of Gold 201 40/100 Ounces—Spanish Dry Diggings, El Dorado County, California

Photograph

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Name/Title

Nugget of Gold 201 40/100 Ounces—Spanish Dry Diggings, El Dorado County, California

Entry/Object ID

1973.37.3

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Category

American Art, 1800 to 1945

Acquisition

Accession

1973.37

Source or Donor

Barbara Morgans Powers

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Crocker Art Museum, gift of Barbara Morgans Powers

Made/Created

Artist

Carleton Watkins

Date made

circa 1865 - 1870

Time Period

19th Century

Place

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Web-Tag-California Artists

Dimensions

Height

15-1/4 in

Width

20-1/4 in

Location

Category

Storage

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Website Medium

Label

Albumen print

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Title was adjusted from "Three Large Gold Nuggets" after a research inquiry to CS. Image and title were compared to UC Berkely collection and carletonwatkins.org images. [https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/33936?v=uv#?xywh=-222%2C-1%2C1977%2C1023][https://www.carletonwatkins.org/getviewbyid.php?id=1000394][IR 11/21/2025]