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Hill of Columnar Basalt on the Columbia River. [Twin Sisters].

  • ARTIST: Charles Preuss

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph,

    DATE: 1845.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 3 7/8 x 7" (99 x 178 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Lithographed by Edward Weber, Baltimore. From Capt. John C. Fremont's "Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...and to Oregon and North California." Preuss was the German-born artist and mapmaker who accompanied Freemont. His drawings are among the earliest illustrations of sites destined to become Western landmarks.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, minor discoloration.

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