Humboldt Pass. May 22nd at 12 A. M. From High Peak East of Pass. Distant Snowy Divide of the Humboldt and Columbia Rivers. Humboldt Valley 40 Miles Wide West of Pass.

Method Steel engraving
Artist C.S. Schumann after F.W. Egloffstein
Published 1861
Dimensions Image 140 x 210 mm, Plate 252 x 294 mm
Notes From the U.S Government's document of the Beckwith Exploration of the 41st Parallel: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route For a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

An interesting example of three seperate printing processes used in the production of one image.

Condition: Tear to lower margin just inside of platemark, some marks to the sheet and inside of the platemark.
Framing unmounted
Price £40.00
Stock ID 24133

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