Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains – 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.)
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Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains
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This small sheet, about 18 by 25 centimeters, shows a pass in the Rocky Mountains, rendered in graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon and signed with the initials "DAJ" and the date 1859. The year matters: 1859 was the height of the rush to the Colorado gold fields near Pikes Peak, when thousands of emigrants crossed the plains and mountains by routes such as the Cherokee Trail. Its subject links the drawing to the broader gold rush era that also drew people west to California. The combination of quick pencil, ink and wash suggests a traveler or observer recording the terrain firsthand.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Signed left center lower margin: DAJ 1859. Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004. Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.8) |
| Subjects | Gold rushes--California--1850-1860. Mountains--Colorado--1850-1860. Trails & paths--Colorado--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,552 × 2,562 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222229 |
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