ITASCA LAKE. (SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER).

Seth Eastman

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Itasca Lake. (Source of the Mississippi River).

Three-stone lithograph, 1851.
Image size 8 3/8 x 11 13/16" (21.4 x 30 cm).
Good condition. Original hand coloring LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 80177
Price: $595.00
Publisher : 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.” 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. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Minnesota