Serene Landscape of Lake Jessie in Dakota - Tinted Lithgraph Published in 1856

Name: Serene Landscape of Lake Jessie in Dakota - Tinted Lithgraph Published in 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-47
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: North Dakota
Reference: BG-14038-47

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

Lake Jessie on the northern plains, an original tinted lithograph after John Mix Stanley, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Lake Jessie", with "Stanley Del." 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 XI.

A glassy lake fills the middle of the sheet, with a wooded point and a low rise in the distance, where tiny buildings or tents sit on the shore. Rain falls from the clouds at upper right, and the trees and shoreline are mirrored in the still water. Scrubby bushes and a leaning tree frame the foreground in dark gray and green.

Lake Jessie lay on the route followed by the northern railroad survey across what is now North Dakota, where Stevens's party camped. 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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