Title:
General view of the great Yo-Semite [Yosemite] Valley, Mariposa County, California
Creator/Contributor:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist (artist)
Nahl Brothers (active 1852-1871), lithographer (lithographer)
Hutchings & Rosenfield (active ca. 1856), publisher (publisher)
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873), German, printer (printer)
Date:
c1859
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0399--D
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
45.7 x 61 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Inspiration Point on Mariposa Trail looking east down valley; El Capitan at left; Bridal Veil Fall and Cathedral
Spires at right; Half Dome in distance. Figures by campfire and horses in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Nahl Brothers, lith.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1859 by Hutchings & Rosenfield... California/T.A.
Ayers, del.; (LC, below title): Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco; (LR): L. Nagel, print. Handwritten (LR):
To the Conneticut Historical Society, with respects of [M.? Tracy?] Printed text below title includes Indian names for topographical
features mentioned above. For variant see 1963.002:0394--C. For original see 1963.002:1325--C.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Mountains;
Nature;
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Lithographs