Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen - Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos

Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos

Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen's original lithograph, "Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos" was created by the 19th century survey and exploratory artist of the American West in 1855. H. B. Mollhausen was specifically assigned to the 35th parallel expedition which left Arkansas in 1853 and traversed Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and California's Mojave Desert. This topographical view was printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore employing multiple printings in both tones and colors. "Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos" is a fine, original example of the American West landscape art created by the German artist, Heinrich Mollhausen.

Original Lithograph with Tint Stones by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen 'H. B. Mollhausen'.

Rio Colorado near the Mohave Villages Original Lithograph by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen and John J. Young

Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos (Pacific Railroad Surveys: 35th Parallel)

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"Pacific Railroad Surveys"
#	Image	Tilte	Artist Info	Medium	Date	-
01.-		Bivouac, January 28 by John Tidball, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Tidball, John (Caldwell Ohio County, West Virginia, 1825 - Montclair, NJ, 1906)	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855
02.-		Canadian River near Camp 38 by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin 'H. B. Mollhausen' (Born, Germany, 1825 - Berlin, Germany, 1905)	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855
03.-		Peaks of the Sierra Blanca (From near Fort Massachusetts) by Richard Kern, printed by Sarony, & Co., New York	Kern, Richard Hovenden 'Richard Kern' (Philadelphia, 1821 - Sevier Lake, Utah, 1853	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855	Sold
04.-		Peluse Falls (Palouse Falls) by John Mix Stanley, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Stanley, John Mix (Canandiagua, NY, 1814 - Detroit, 1872)	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855	Sold
05.-		Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages) by John J. Young & H. B. Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Young, John J. (New York, 1830 - Washington D.C., 1879) & Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin 'H. B. Mollhausen' (Born, Germany, 1825 - Berlin, Germany, 1905)	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855
06.-		Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore	Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin 'H. B. Mollhausen' (Born, Germany, 1825 - Berlin, Germany, 1905)	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855
07.-		View of the Roan or Book Mountains (At the Spanish Trail Ford of Green River) by Richard Hovenden Kern, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Richard Hovenden Kern 'Richard Kern' (Philadelphia, 1821 - Sevier Lake, Utah, 1853	Original Lithograph	1853 - 1855

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Title:	Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos (Pacific Railroad Surveys: 35th Parallel)
Artist:	Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin 'H. B. Mollhausen' (Born, Germany, 1825 - Berlin, Germany, 1905)
Date:	1855
Medium:	Original Lithograph with Tint Stones
Printer:	A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore
Note:	Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen: An artist and author of the American West, H. B. Mollhausen was known as “the German Fenimore Cooper”. He attended the Gymnasium at Bonn and then became a farmer in Pomerania. After fighting in the German Revolution of 1848, he sailed for the United States, first settling in Illinois. Two years later, Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen joined an expedition to the Rockies.
	In 1853, Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen was named an artist for the government surveys to establish a railway route to the Pacific. He was specifically assigned to the 35th parallel expedition (under the command of Lt. Whipple) which left Arkansas in 1853 and traversed Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and California's Mojave Desert. The Company arrived in the west coast of California (Los Angeles) on March 21, 1854. This original lithograph, of the "Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos" designed by H. B. Mollhausen, was created on this expedition.
	Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen was appointed an artist for an expedition along the Colorado River in 1857 and visited the Grand Canyon in the following year. He then returned permanently to Germany, writing all of 178 books. Many of these deal with adventures based in the American West and portray both Indian and pioneer life.
	The Pacific Railroad Surveys: In the mid nineteenth century transportation from America’s east coast to its new territories on the west coast were achieved either by the long shipping routes around South America or by dangerous horse or wagon travels through hostile lands. The discovery of gold in California, however, greatly increased the need for a transcontinental railway and, in 1853, Congress commissioned the Army’s Topographic Bureau to conduct multiple surveys to determine the best route for such a major undertaking. To this end six expeditions were formed. Each expedition was accompanied by both topographical artists and naturalists who provided valuable information for such institutions as the Smithsonian. The northernmost survey, commanded by Isaac I. Stevens, explored the terrain along the 47th parallel, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast. The second survey, under the command of Captain J. W. Gunnison, took a route following the 38th, 39th, and 41st parallels, through what is now Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. The third Expedition, under Lt. Whipple, followed the 35th parallel from Fort Smith, Arizona to the Mojave Desert in southern California. The fourth and fifth surveys followed the southern, 32nd parallel, one following the Red River to the Rio Grande, and the other working between the Rio Grande and the Colorado River. The final expedition explored the area between the Sacramento Valley, California, and the Columbia River, Oregon.
	From both a geographic and scientific standpoint, the Railroad expeditions were a valuable accomplishment. The western territories were extensively explored and mapped and the knowledge associated with the fields of geology and biology in these areas was tremendously increased. The lithographs created from these surveys were published in twelve large volumes between 1855 and 1860 by the War Department under the title of, Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The majority of the topographical views, were printed by the American lithographic companies, Sarony & Major Co., New York, Sarony Major and Knapp, New York, A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore and T. Sinclaire, Philadelphia. This original example entitled, "Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos" was printed by the Baltimore firm of A. Hoen & Company. Many of these fine, early lithographs of western views employed multiple printings in both tones and colors.
	A. Hoen & Company: A German immigrant, August Hoen founded his lithographic company in Baltimore in the mid 1850's. Around a decade later he relocated his firm to Richmond, Virginia, and became best known for his layered, five-color printing techniques. Their lithographs printed in Virginia read; "A. Hoen & Company, Richmond, Virginia".
Source:	Pacific Railroad Surveys: 35th Parallel
Size:	6 1/4 X 9 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $195.00 US
Condition:	Printed on smooth wove paper and with full margins as published in Baltimore in 1855. Containing slight water staining in the outer margins else a fine impression using full tint stones and in good condition throughout. "Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos" represents a prime, original example of the important, early Western art created by the artists of the Pacific Railroad surveys and the art of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen.
Subject:	Early California, Hoen & Company, Pacific Railroad Survey, H. B. Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen.
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