1860 BIG BLACKFOOT VALLEY Hand Tinted Lithograph Railroad Railway Survey Print #62

Print marked: "U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS - 47th & 49th PARALLELS", "GENERAL REPORT - PLATE LXII (62)", "STANLEY Del.", "SARONY, MAJOR & KNAPP, Lith.s 449 Broadway, N.Y."

(plus title along bottom margin)

Publisher/Printer: John Mix Stanley & Gustavus Sohon with Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens

Painter/Engraver: Sarony, Major & Knapp (New York, founded ca. 1846)

Engraving Style: Original hand tinted Lithograph (Stone lithography)

Approx. image size (inches): Approx. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2"

Approx. Overall size: approx 11 1/4" wide x approx. 8" tall, (trimmed)

Approx. margin depth: approx. 1/2" to 1" (varies by print)

Description: 

This print was issued as part of the "EXPLORATION'S and SURVEYS TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN".

This Government sponsored exploration headed by Isaac Stevens (then Governor of Washington Territory) was the Northern Explored Route starting at St. Paul, Minnesota and traveling through the Dakota, Montana and Idaho Territories and ending at the Pacific Ocean in Washington Territory. These prints recorded the scenes encountered as they explored across the continent.

This is an authentic and original vintage color lithographic engraved print. Stone lithograph(with hand tinting) on one sheet(blank on reverse as issued). Excellent impression, strong colors. Printed on thick wove paper stock. Single page impression. It is being sold as a single page sheet, not mounted, matted or framed as shown in the picture. May have light marks/wear and various stages of foxing. Overall a very nice print which would mat and frame up very well. The picture shown is of the actual print being sold.

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