1856 Tinted Lithograph of the Expansive Rocky Mountain Plains: A View Westward

1856 · Views & Engravings

1856 Tinted Lithograph of the Expansive Rocky Mountain Plains: A View Westward

Name: 1856 Tinted Lithograph of the Expansive Rocky Mountain Plains: A View Westward
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-56
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)
Condition: Good. This print is in very good condition, with minimal foxing and strong, vibrant colors. A clean margin enhances its framability and aesthetic appeal.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-14038-56

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 Rocky Mountains seen from the plains, an original tinted lithograph issued in 1856. The caption reads "Rocky Mountains, Looking Westward", with a small credit line beneath the image and "Sarony, Major & Knapp Lithg., 449 Broadway N.Y." at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, 47th & 49th Parallels" and the sheet is a numbered General Report plate.

Pale rolling grassland fills the sheet, with a pack train of riders and animals moving across a slope in the middle distance and a second small group farther off at the right. Beyond them a low, jagged line of mountains stretches across the horizon, with a conspicuous peak at the right. The foreground is a tangle of rocks, grass and thistles. Small captions beneath the image name features in the view, among them Lewis and Clarke Pass. The tints are soft gray, yellow and green.

The 47th and 49th parallels route was the northern survey led by Isaac Ingalls Stevens, governor of Washington Territory, and the plates after Stanley and Sohon record country that was then little known to the eastern public. The plate comes from 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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