Scenic Lithograph of the Palouse Region in the Northwestern United States - 1856

1856 · Views & Engravings

Scenic Lithograph of the Palouse Region in the Northwestern United States - 1856

Name: Scenic Lithograph of the Palouse Region in the Northwestern United States - 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-55
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-14038-55

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 source of the Palouse River, an original tinted lithograph issued in 1856. The caption reads "Source of the Peluse", with "Stanley Del. after Sohon" at lower left 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 numbered General Report, Plate LXI.

An open, rocky rise with a few small trees fills the foreground, and below it a belt of dark conifers runs across the middle ground. Beyond lies a wide, pale valley or plain with ranges of low hills along the horizon, under a sky of heaped cloud. The tints are soft green and gray.

The sheet was drawn by John Mix Stanley after a sketch by Gustavus Sohon, the soldier-artist of the northern survey. 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. It was 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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