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View of St. Louis. : From South of Chauteaus Lake.

  • ARTIST: John Caspar Wild

  • PUBLISHER: Published & Lithographed by J. C. Wild at the Missouri Republican Office.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: c.1841.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 13/16 x 15 1/16" (249 x 383 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: John Caspar Wild (c.1804-1846) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He was living and working in Philadelphia in 1831, Cincinnati in 1835, and back in Philadelphia in 1838. He produced a group of twenty views of Philadelphia. The next year he moved to St. Louis, Missouri. He produced a remarkable body of work on the Mississippi city towns and a number of views of St. Louis. The quality of his lithographic views are stunning. Most are very rare.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color. Save for rubbing in the title and publication line.

  • REFERENCE: Reps #2027.