1856 Tinted Litho of the Vicinity of Fort Miller, Southeast of Fresno California

Name: 1856 Tinted Litho of the Vicinity of Fort Miller, Southeast of Fresno California
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-12
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1856
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 20.7 × 28.3 cm (8.1 × 11.1 in)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: California
Reference: BG-14038-12

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The vicinity of Fort Miller in the California foothills, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Vicinity of Fort Miller". The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, Cal." and the sheet is numbered Geology Plate I.

Large rounded boulders pile up at the left of the foreground, with a small bare tree beside them, while a dusty track leads back into a canyon between steep brown mountain slopes. A party of riders and wagons is visible in the middle distance, raising a cloud of dust, and further ridges fade into a pale sky. Tints of gray, brown and ochre carry the dry, rocky character of the country.

Fort Miller was a United States Army post on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada foothills, east of present-day Fresno. The plate was drawn for the geological reports of the California survey and published in Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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