The Rocky Mountains, Western Frontier Landscape – Antique Engraving, ca.1873
€ 230
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1873
Sheet size
23.3 × 31.6 cm (9.2 × 12.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14129-24
Condition
Good antique condition. Light age toning and faint spotting in the margins, consistent with age. The image itself is strong and clear, with good contrast. A visible plate mark is present. No major tears or losses observed.
About this sheet
The Rocky Mountains seen across a prairie river, an original steel engraving published in New York by D. Appleton and Co., with the plate title "The Rocky Mountains" and a copyright notice engraved beneath the image. The date is given as 1873, and the engraver's name is lettered at the lower right.
The view opens across the broad, shallow stream in the foreground, where a few figures and horses stand in the water or on the bank. A tall cottonwood and other trees shade the near bank, a pair of tipis stand among them, and the plain runs back to a long line of dim hills. At the far horizon a snow-capped peak rises above the range.
The sheet belongs to the group of American landscape engravings that Appleton issued in these years for readers in the East, who knew the plains and the Rockies from such prints. The engraver named in the old description is R. Hinshelwood.
