Title:
Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages [California/Arizona]
Creator/Contributor:
Young, J. J. (active ca. 1854), artist (artist)
Mollhausen, H. B. (active ca. 1854), German, artist (based on original by) (artist)
Sarony, Major & Knapp, lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
[not before 1854]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0478:05--A
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
22.7 x 28.6 cm.
Content/Description:
River tow crossing with boats being pulled by ropes; figures on both banks hold ropes; Indians and military officials in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): U.S.P.R.R. exp. & surveys, 35th parallel; (UR): Top[ographica]l report; (LL): Drawn by J.J.Young
from a sketch by R.R.Molhausen; (LC, below title): View No. 2/from ? island looking north; (LR): Lith. of Sarony, Major &
Knapp, New York. Likely from the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California, under the command of Lieut. R.S. Williamson,
in 1853-54.
Subjects:
Arizona;
California, Southern;
Expeditions & surveys;
Indians of North America;
Military personnel;
Railroads;
Rivers;
Vessels;
West (U.S.)
Genre/Format:
Illustrations;
Landscapes;
Lithographs, color