Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876), British, artist
Group Creator Name:
- Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907), American, lithographer and publisher
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
The Rocky Mountains: emigrants crossing the plains
Date:
c1866
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
Dimensions:
49.5 x 66.7 cm., visible image
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1446--FR
Subject:
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Settlers
- Vehicles
- West (U.S.)
- Westward movement
- Landscapes
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Long train of oxen-drawn wagons cross plains; women and children inside wagons, men ride on horses or walk alongside wagons; two Indian guides on horseback stand to right; high mountains rise above them.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.F. Palmer, del.; (LR): Currier & Ives, lith. N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152, Nassau St[reet]; (LC): Entered... 1866 by Currier & Ives....
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf4j49p39 3

The Rocky Mountains: emigrants crossing the plains