Scenic View of Butte de Morale - A Stunning 19th-Century Expedition Print, 1856

1856 · City Views & Plans

Scenic View of Butte de Morale - A Stunning 19th-Century Expedition Print, 1856

Name: Scenic View of Butte de Morale - A Stunning 19th-Century Expedition Print, 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-39
Price: 245 USD
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Date: 1856
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 20.7 × 28.3 cm (8.1 × 11.1 in)
Condition: Good. Condition summary: Good overall condition with minor age-related toning and faint spotting on the margins. Image remains sharp and vibrant.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-14038-39

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

Butte de Morale, a landmark in the northern plains, an original tinted lithograph after John Mix Stanley, issued as part of the Pacific Railroad Surveys. The caption reads "Butte de Morale", with "Stanley Del." at lower left and the Sarony, Major & Knapp credit at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, 47th & 49th Parallels" and the sheet is numbered General Report, Plate XII.

Slender trees with sparse foliage fill the foreground and the slope below, framing a view over a wide river valley with a long, pale ridge beyond. Cattle or game are scattered over the grassy slope at the right, and a bank of cloud hangs over the horizon. The tints are soft greens, grays and ochre.

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. The name Butte de Morale, as lettered, is a French-derived name from the fur trade.

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