Description: On the print: USPRR Exp & Surveys 35th Parallel Itinerary H B Mallhausen (Möllhausen) T. Sinclair's Lith Phila Bivouc, Jan 26 About this print: A sketch of a Bivouac, an improvised camp site on the USPRR expedition. This expedition was sketched by Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen and his various sketches were then turned in to lithographs by artist's at various printers across the United States. "Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen (27 January 1825—28 May 1905) was a German writer, traveler and artist who visited the United States and participated in three separate expeditions exploring the American frontier. After his travel he became a popular and prolific author of adventure stories based on his experiences in America. It is estimated that he produced at least forty-five large works in 157 volumes and eighty novelettes in twenty-one volumes. His popularity and subject matter earned him recognition as the German Fenimore Cooper." "In 1853, the U.S. congress sent several teams of surveyors from the Corps of Topographical Engineers to survey potential rail routes from the Mississippi to the Pacific. They were accompanied by naturalists and artists who were to capture the images of the "wild west". It was a dangerous expedition with Captain John W. Gunnison, artist R.H Kern, and seven others from Gunnison's survey team being killed in October of 1853, by the Ute Indians in Utah. These lithographs were part of the official government report which would ultimately determine the rail route and forever change the United States." This is one of the sketches from the above expedition. Thomas Sinclair (1807-1881) started his lithographic career in Philadelphia when he worked with lithographer John Collins in the late 1830s. In 1840 he took over the establishment. A Franklin Institute award winner in 1849 for chromolithography, Sinclair printed lithographs for the government and for scientific and medical publications in addition to sheet music, advertisements, certificates, and church views. Although a “fair” proprietor, Sinclair’s shop was described as “gloomy” during the early 1840s by one of his lithographers, who was paid $2 to $6 per drawing. Sinclair partnered with his son William (b. ca. 1828) in T. Sinclair & Co. between 1854 and 1859 and later with his son John C. (b. ca. 1842) in T. Sinclair & Son in 1870. In 1872, the firm claimed to operate the largest steam press in Philadelphia. Sinclair continued as proprietor of one of the premier establishments of the city until his death, leaving a personal estate worth $30,000. Measures 11 1/4" by 8 7/8" Box J 07102021Weight 1 ounce
Price: 325 USD
Location: Alexandria, Kentucky
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Width (Inches): 8 7/8
Subject: History
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Material: Lithograph
Height (Inches): 11 1/4
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: Ca. 1860
Artist: H B Möllhausen
Year of Production: Ca. 1860
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Color: Multi-Color
Type: Print
