Fort Smith, Arkansas – Rare 19th Century Lithograph of Frontier History, 1856

Name: Fort Smith, Arkansas – Rare 19th Century Lithograph of Frontier History, 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-30
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: Arkansas
Reference: BG-14038-30

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

Fort Smith on the Arkansas River, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Fort Smith, Arkansas", with "T. Sinclair's lith. Phil." at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, 35th Parallel" and the sheet is marked Itinerary.

The town is drawn from across the river, with its low row of buildings along the top of a pale bluff, a larger group of houses at the center, and a United States flag flying above them. A thin plume of smoke rises behind the trees, and a steamboat is moored at the left bank. The wide, still river fills the foreground, with a strip of rocks along the near shore. The tints are a pale gray-green with buff for the bluff.

Fort Smith was the starting point for the 35th parallel survey, which set out westward from Arkansas toward the Pacific under Lieutenant Amiel Whipple. 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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