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The Rocky Mountains
Title
The Rocky Mountains / painted by A. Bierstadt ; engraved by J. Smillie.
Publication
[New York?] : Edward Bierstadt, [1866?]
Copyright Notice Date
©1866
Physical Description
1 print : black and white ; 42 x 72 cm
Medium
paper
ink
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 1: Imperfect: Browned. On sheet 54 x 77 cm; mounted on linen.
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 2: State before title letters. Mounted on boards 61 x 88 cm.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Signed within the image, lower right: ABierstadt 1863.
Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstadt, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Summary
Engraving reproduces Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting titled "Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak," which shows a Shoshone village beside a body of water below the peaks of the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains.
Variant and related titles
Lander's Peak
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 17, 2020
Subjects
Genre/Form
Proofs before letters.
Engravings.
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