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Itasca Lake. (Source of the Mississippi River).

  • ARTIST: Seth Eastman

  • MEDIUM: Three-stone lithograph,

    DATE: 1851.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 3/8 x 11 13/16" (21.4 x 30 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Capt. S. Eastman, U.S.A. from a sketch H.R. Schoolcraft Esq. This view appeared in volume one of Henry R. Schoolcraft’s highly important work, “Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States.”

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: The prints in this series occasionally came with original hand coloring but more often then not came uncolored. This example has beautiful original hand coloring.

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring

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