Title

The Rocky Mountains, looking westward, USA, 1856.Artist: John Mix Stanley

Caption

The Rocky Mountains, looking westward, USA, 1856. The United States Pacific Railroad Survey party crosses an area west of present-day Helena, Montana. Print from Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-1855, by Beverley Tucker, volume III, published by Sarony, Major and Knapp (Washington, 1856).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1856

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C38_288

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (5,8Mb) / 16,7in x 11,7in / 4997 x 3502 (300dpi)

Keywords

countryside landscape mountain range country exploration geography color colour Montana Rocky Mountains plain location century concept printing United States of America United States 19th century lithograph nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector geographical feature TGN lithography Pacific Railroad Pacific Railroad Survey lithograph John Mix Stanley Sarony Major and Knapp Beverley Tucker Tucker Beverley Stanley John Mix Sarony Major and Knapp Beverley Tucker lithograph