Bivouac, January 28 / J.C. Tidball ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York. – Vintage Wall Art
![Bivouac, January 28 / J.C. Tidball ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York., New York : Sarony, Major & Knapp, [ca. 1855] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/78/78cdba0824f0-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.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Bivouac, January 28 / J.C. Tidball ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bivouac, January 28 / J.C. Tidball ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York.
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Shown here is a winter camp scene dated January 28, drawn by J.C. Tidball and printed as a color lithograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp of New York. It illustrates the government's Pacific Railroad surveys along the 47th and 49th parallels, as reported in House Executive Document 129 of the 33rd Congress. In the mid-1850s, Congress sponsored these expeditions to find and map possible routes for a transcontinental railroad, and the reports paired scientific observations with images of the crews at work. Pictures like this one, which show a bivouac in cold weather, give a sense of the daily hardships of surveying unsettled country.
| Created / published | New York : Sarony, Major & Knapp, [ca. 1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. from: U.S. Pacific railroad explorations and surveys. 47th and 49th parallels. House executive document 129, 33rd Congress, 1st Session. Topl. Report. |
| Subjects | Expeditions & surveys--West (U.S.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,088 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165354 |
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