Tinted Litho of Metamorphic Rocks at the Border of the Colorado Desert, 1856

Name: Tinted Litho of Metamorphic Rocks at the Border of the Colorado Desert, 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-11
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)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: California
Reference: BG-14038-11

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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.

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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

Rock outcrops at the edge of the Colorado Desert, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Metamorphic Rocks, Borders of the Desert". The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, Cal." and the sheet is numbered Geology Plate XII.

Two groups of tilted, jagged rock slabs rise from a sandy plain, one pale at the left and one dark and angular at the right, with a pale mountain range and hazy lake or flats behind them. A small stream winds through the foreground. At the left a rider on horseback leads a covered wagon, and in the middle ground a few men and animals have stopped near a tent. Scrubby desert plants, bent by the wind, are scattered across the sand. The tints are pale green, buff and gray.

The plate was prepared for the geological reports of the California survey, which described the rocks of the desert margin as well as the passes and valleys. 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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