ARTIST: Albert Bierstadt
MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,
DATE: 1866.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 3/4 x 27 3/4" (426 x 705 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Painted by A. Bierstadt. Engraved by J. Smillie. This fine engraving is based on Albert Bierstadt's monumental painting, "The Rocky Mountains – Lander's Peak," now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bierstadt made his first journey to the American West in 1859 accompanying a government survey expedition, headed by Colonel Frederick W. Lander. Bierstadt dubbed the central mountain in the picture "Lander's Peak" after the colonel's death in the Civil War. The peak is located in the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains in present day Wyoming. A great and powerful image of the American West.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Painted by A. Bierstadt. Engraved by J. Smillie. Proof before title signed in pencil by Albert Bierstadt and James Smillie.
CONDITION: Good condition, save for minor mat line, wide margins, chine-colle, with modern handcoloring.
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