Missouri River Stone Walls, Antique Steel Engraving c.1850

Landscape · 19th century

Missouri River Stone Walls, Antique Steel Engraving c.1850

€ 175

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1850
Sheet size: 15.2 × 23.3 cm (6.0 × 9.2 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14038-137

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.

Condition

In good condition overall, with light age-related toning and some minor spotting in the margins. The image remains clean and well-contrasted. Wide margins preserved.

About this sheet

The Stone Walls on the upper Missouri River, an original steel engraving of about 1850 from Meyer's Universum, published by the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen. The plate is lettered in German "Die Stone Walls (Oberer Missouri)", and the lower margin carries the imprint "Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildburghausen" and "Eigenthum d. Verlegers".

Weathered pinnacles and towers of sandstone rise at the right above a grassy bluff, in the formations that give the place its name. Two deer stand on a rocky ledge in the foreground, among twisted branches and low foliage. The river lies calm below, with a snag at the left and a small boat in the middle distance. It carries the eye past more cliffs and escarpments to a pale horizon.

The Stone Walls lie on the upper Missouri in what is now Montana. The same view also appears in an English-lettered version of the plate.