Description: PAIR Antique U.S.P.R.R.Hand Colored Bird Lithographs Expeditions & Surveys CaliforniaPlates X ( Brandt’s Cormorant) & VIII (California Grebe)Ca 1850s Sheet: 11.5 Inches H x 8.5 Inches W Condition: Very GoodColors are bright and vibrant. Presents with some light foxing, mostly on outer margins; small losses, evidence of pins on outer margins; central images excellent.Please see Photos. USPRR Plates: In the 1850s the United States Army conducted extensive surveys to ascertain the best route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the PacificCoast. The final reports consist of 13 quarto volumes with hundreds of full page lithographs and numerous maps. The itineraries of the field parties, together with the illustrations, gave Americans their first comprehensive descriptions of the West. Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, arranged for naturalists to accompany the field parties. A wealth of biological material was obtained and the greater portion of the reports is devoted to descriptions of the plants and animals (mainly vertebrates) found in this vast region
Price: 75 USD
Location: Suffield, Connecticut
End Time: 2025-01-17T17:10:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Lot
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Item Length: 8.5 in.
Framing: Unframed
Year of Production: 1860
Item Height: 11.5 in.
Style: Realism
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: Unsigned
Material: Lithograph
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Birds
Type: Print
Theme: Birds
Production Technique: Lithography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
