Chromolithograph of "Fort Massachusetts at the Foot of the Sierra Blanca Valley of San Luis"

Description:

This tinted lithograph of “Fort Massachusetts at the Foot of the Sierra Blanca Valley of San Luis" was produced by Thomas Sinclair (1805-1881), Philadelphia, after a sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872) and an original sketch by expedition artist R. H. Kern (1821-1853). It was printed as a plate in Volume II following page 38, in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad, by Captain J. W. Gunnison (1812-1853), Topographical Engineers, Near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude, from the Mouth of the Kansas River, Missouri to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin" by Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith (1818-1881), Third Artillery.

The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1855 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.

Date Made: 1855

Engraver: Stanley, John MixArtist: Kern, Richard H.Printer: Sinclair, T.Publisher: U.S. War DepartmentAuthor: Beckwith, Edward GriffinGunnison, John WilliamsPrinter: Tucker, BeverleyPublisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, WashingtonUnited States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.10729.27Accession Number: 62261

Object Name: printObject Type: Tinted Lithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall materials)ink (overall materials)Measurements: overall: 21.5 cm x 30 cm; 8 7/16 in x 11 13/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-08f2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1317607

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