The Approaches of the Grove. Views of the Mining Town of Murphy's the Starting Place for the Grove. View from the Murphy or Big Tree Route over the Sierra Nevada.

Edward Vischer (1809-1878)

Date

1862
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Tinted lithograph
Contributors

Printed by Louis Nagel

Drawn on Stone by Charles Conrad Kuchel

Published by Edward Vischer
Object Format

Book
Dimensions

10 11/16 x 13 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
printed, u.l.: THE MAMMOTH TREE GROVE.
u.c.: VISCHER'S VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA. \ THE APPROACHES OF THE GROVE.
u.r.: PLATE I.
c.l.: SUSPENSION FLUME AT MURPHY'S, 1859.
c.: SPERRY'S HOTEL AT MURPHY'S. \ VIEW \S OF THE MINING TOWN OF MURPHY'S THE STARTING PLACE FOR THE GROVE.
c.r.: THE DEEP CUT AT MURPHY'S, 1859.
l.l.: MUD SPRINGS.
l.c.: FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM THE RIDGE ON THE CARSON ROAD. \ VIEWS FROM THE MURPHY OR BIG TREE ROUTE OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA. \ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Edward VIscher, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California.
l.r.: CASCADE AT WOODFORDS.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1981.64.2
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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