Tinted Lithograph of the Great Basin from Canada de las Uvas, 1856

Name: Tinted Lithograph of the Great Basin from Canada de las Uvas, 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-4
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: Excellent. With minimal age-related toning and no significant marks or blemishes. Edges are crisp, and the image remains vibrant.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: California
Reference: BG-14038-4

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 Great Basin seen from the Cañada de las Uvas, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption beneath the image reads "The Great Basin from the Cañada de las Uvas with Lost Mountains in the Distance", with the credit "From a sketch by Chr. Koppel" at lower left and "Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Balto." at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, Cal." and the sheet is numbered Plate VIII.

The view looks out from a rocky foreground over a broad, empty basin under a wide pale sky. A single rider on horseback gallops at the right, two more small figures are visible far out on the plain, and a low line of mountains closes the horizon. Soft tints of gray, green and tan carry the atmospheric distance.

The print belongs to the survey of railroad routes in California, published as Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Charles Koppel was the artist attached to the California surveys, and the Baltimore firm of A. Hoen & Co. translated his field sketches into stone.

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