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The Salt Pond from the Salt Pond Knob. : Giles County Va. No. 1.

  • ARTIST: Edward Beyer

  • MEDIUM: Three-color lithograph,

    DATE: 1857.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 1/4 x 18 1/2" (28.9 x 46.9 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Giles County Va. No. 1. Edward Beyer was a German artist who traveled extensively in America, primarily in Virginia, between l848 and l857. The on-site paintings he created depict Virginia's great spas, cities and rural landscapes in the years just prior to the War Between the States. Upon his return to Germany Beyer's paintings were transformed into lithographs by Rau & Son in Dresden and Loeillot & Co. of Berlin. The result was The Album of Virginia, published in l857.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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