Title:
Emigrants crossing the plains
Creator/Contributor:
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1822-1888), American, artist (artist)
Hall, H. B. (active ca. 1869), engraver (engraver)
D. Appleton & Co. (active ca. 1873), publisher (publisher)
Date:
c1869
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1436--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
23.9 x 32.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Wagon train with scout on horseback leading covered wagons drawn by oxen; pioneer stands before wagon with family inside;
calves, cattle, dogs, wagons, and other figures in landscape.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.O.C. Darley, fecit.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1869 by D. Appleton & Co... New York;
(LR): H.B. Hall, Jr., sc.; (LC, below title): New York, D. Appleton & Co.
Subjects:
Animals;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Overland journeys to the Pacific;
Settlers;
Vehicles;
West (U.S.);
Westward movement;
Women
Genre/Format:
Engravings, color