Amon Carter print details

The Fallen Hercules of the Grove.

Edward Vischer (1809-1878)

Object Details

  • 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 GROVE.

    u.c.: VISCHER'S VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA.

    u.r.: PLATE X.

    l.c.: THE FALLEN HERCULES OF THE GROVE. \ Dimensions : Height while standing 320 feet ; Circumference at the base 95 feet. Swept down by the December Gale, 1861. \ 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.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1981.64.11

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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