Object Details
original artist
Stanley, John Mix
Kern, Richard H.
graphic artist
A. Hoen & Co.
printer
Tucker, Beverley
Description (Brief)
This tinted lithograph of “Sangre de Cristo Pass Looking Towards San Luis Valley" was produced by A. Hoen & Company (fl. 1848-1943), Baltimore, after a sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872) and an original sketch by expedition artist R. H. Kern (1821-1853). It was printed as a plate in Volume II following page 40, in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad, by Captain J. W. Gunnison (1812-1853), Topographical Engineers, Near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude, from the Mouth of the Kansas River, Missouri to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin" by Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith (1818-1881), Third Artillery.
The volume was printed as part of the "Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" in 1855 by A. P. O. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1855
ID Number
GA.10729.35
accession number
62261
catalog number
10729.35
Object Name
Print
Object Type
Tinted Lithograph
Physical Description
paper (overall materials)
ink (overall materials)
Measurements
overall: 30 cm x 22.4 cm; 11 13/16 in x 8 13/16 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1317695