Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Engraving reproduces Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting titled "Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak," which shows a Shoshone village beside a body of water below the peaks of the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains
Alternative Title:
Lander's Peak
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 1: Imperfect: Browned. On sheet 54 x 77 cm; mounted on linen., BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 2: State before title letters. Mounted on boards 61 x 88 cm., Title from caption below image., Signed within the image, lower right: ABierstadt 1863., and Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstadt, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Engraving reproduces Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting titled "Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak," which shows a Shoshone village beside a body of water below the peaks of the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains
Alternative Title:
Lander's Peak
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 1: Imperfect: Browned. On sheet 54 x 77 cm; mounted on linen., BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 2: State before title letters. Mounted on boards 61 x 88 cm., Title from caption below image., Signed within the image, lower right: ABierstadt 1863., and Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstadt, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.