Northern Slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

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• ARTIST: Frederick W. von Egloffstein

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1859.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 3/16 x 29" (13.2 x 74.9 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: C. Schumann, after Frederick W. von Egloffstein. Selmer Stebert's engraving & printing establishment Washington D.C. <br.<br> From the "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Survey - 41st Parallel. Expl. by Lieut. Beckwith Vol. II." <br><br> U.S.P.R.R. or the United States Pacific Railroad Expedition and Survey was published in twelve volumes between 1853-1861. The expedition was funded by the U.S. Government and included artist, scientists and surveyors, whose job was to document the American West and find suitable routes for transcontinental railroad lines. The series documented a wide variety of elements including landscape, wildlife and indigenous tribes.<br><br> Key in lower margin notes important features, such as "Cascade Mountains" and "Fall River Plains."

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• CONDITION: Good condition, accordion folded, as issued to fit inside the book it was published in.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , California