Pinus ponderosa – Historic Print
![Pinus ponderosa, [ca. 1855] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/14/14446c4a0755-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures Pinus ponderosa in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Pinus ponderosa
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Plate IV of the botany volume from the Pacific Railroad Surveys shows *Pinus ponderosa*, the ponderosa pine, a western species whose tall trunks and long needles set it apart from the eastern pines familiar to most Americans at the time. The lithograph was prepared for House Executive Document 129, issued during the 33rd Congress, when federal survey parties were mapping possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across the West. Botanical plates like this one gave Eastern readers and officials their first detailed look at the region's plants, and many of the species they documented had never been described in print before.
| Created / published | [ca. 1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Completed for the U.S. Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys, Cal. & Oregon. Illus. from: House Ex. Doc. 129, 33d, Cong., 1st Sess., Botany, plate IV. |
| Subjects | Pines--West (U.S.)--1850-1860. Expeditions & surveys--West (U.S.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,461 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216130 |
More from the Flowers & Trees collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
