Franklin Valley, Great Basin Nevada – Beckwith Survey Engraving, c.1855

Name: Franklin Valley, Great Basin Nevada – Beckwith Survey Engraving, c.1855
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-168
Price: 290 USD
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Date: 1855
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 21.4 × 29 cm (8.4 × 11.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning and occasional light foxing, primarily in the margins. Plate mark visible. Small binding holes present along the lower margin from original atlas binding.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Nevada
Reference: BG-14038-168

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

Franklin Valley in the Great Basin, an original steel engraving from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, taken from the report of the exploration of the 41st parallel led by Lieutenant Edward G. Beckwith (volume II). The heading at the top of the sheet reads "U.S.P.R.R. Expl. & Surveys 41st Parallel" and "Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith, Vol. II," and the caption below gives the title "Franklin Valley" with the view taken from a spur of the Humboldt Mountains.

A Native hunter reclines on a rocky ledge in the left foreground with a bow in his hand and a quiver beside him, with a dog resting at his feet. Jagged pinnacles of rock rise steeply at the right, and below them the wide, flat valley floor stretches away to a far range of snow-flecked mountains under a pale sky. The names of the engraver and the Washington engraving and printing house appear in the lower margin, with a short line of text lettered beneath the image.

The Pacific Railroad Surveys were government expeditions of the 1850s sent to find routes for a railroad to the Pacific, and their reports were illustrated with engraved views of the country the parties crossed.

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