1856 Tinted Lithograph of the Tejon Pass near Bakersfield and Mojave, California

Name: 1856 Tinted Lithograph of the Tejon Pass near Bakersfield and Mojave, California
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-10
Price: 245 USD
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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-14038-10

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 entrance to the Tejon Pass in southern California, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Entrance of the Tejon Pass and a Portion of the Tejon", with the credit "Ch. Koppel" at lower left and "T. Sinclair's lith. Phila." at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, Cal." and the sheet is numbered Plate VI.

A broad, open valley spreads beneath rounded brown hills. Lines of oak trees follow the watercourses across the valley floor in sweeping curves, two riders cross the middle ground, and in the right foreground a small group of figures rests on the ground beside a hat and a blanket. Rocky ledges and a clump of yucca frame the scene at left. The tint is a warm, sandy buff throughout.

The Tejon Pass linked the San Joaquin Valley with the southern California desert country and was studied by the survey as a possible railroad route. 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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