Lithograph of "Cascades of the Columbia"

Object Details

graphic artist: Sarony, Major, & Knapp
original artist: Stanley, John Mix
graphic artist: Sarony, Major, & Knapp
original artist: Stanley, John Mix
author: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
printer: Ford, Thomas H.
graphic artist: Sarony, Major, & Knapp
publisher: U.S. War Department; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command

Description (Brief): This tinted lithograph of “Cascades of the Columbia" was produced by Sarony, Major & Knapp (fl. 1857-1867) after an original sketch by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872). It was printed as Plate XLV in Volume XII, Book I, following page 155, in the "General Report" by Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862) in the "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad near the 47th and 49th Parallels of North Latitude, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound," 1855.; The volume was published as part of the "Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean," published as a twelve volume set in the mid-1850s to 1860. Volume 12 was printed in 1860 by Thomas H. Ford (1814-1868).
Location: Currently not on view

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