St. Michael's Redoubt – Antique Wall Art
(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 engraving captures St. Michael's Redoubt in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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St. Michael's Redoubt
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St. Michael's Redoubt, shown here as a wood engraving, stands on the shore of Norton Sound in western Alaska, where Russian traders built a fort in the 1830s. The print follows a drawing by H.W. Elliott and appeared in a London book from 1898 titled *The Yukon Territory*. By the late 1890s, St. Michael had become a busy transfer point for goods heading up the Yukon River toward the gold fields, and the post's role in that trade is what gives the scene its significance. Some details of the original caption are unverified, so the book itself is the best place to confirm the specifics.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engr., H.W. Elliott, del. Illus. in: The Yukon Territory, London, 1898. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. Index; Alaska--St. Michael; Trading posts; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 980 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130923 |
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