The Prairie – Small Romantic Engraving of the American Frontier, 1841

1841 · Views & Engravings

The Prairie – Small Romantic Engraving of the American Frontier, 1841

Name: The Prairie – Small Romantic Engraving of the American Frontier, 1841
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-87
Price: 145 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1841
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 13.5 × 18 cm (5.3 × 7.1 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition for its age, with vibrant hand-coloring that enhances the natural elements of the scene. Strong empression, with fine detailing visible in the hunter, deer, and dramatic sky. The margins are intact, with only minor signs of aging.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-14038-87

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 Prairie, a hand-colored steel engraving published in London on September 1, 1841, by a publisher at Norfolk Street, Strand. The title is lettered in script beneath the image, with the publication line below it and the artist and engraver credits at either end.

A hunter lies hidden behind a bank at the right edge of the image, his rifle leveled, and a puff of smoke drifts from the barrel. Two deer wade through a shallow river in front of him, with a lone twisted tree leaning over the bank above. The land recedes to a wide, empty horizon under a huge storm cloud that is already trailing rain on the left.

The subject is the open grassland of the American interior, a favorite theme for English illustrators of books on American scenery in the early Victorian years.

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