John J. Young and Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen - Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages

Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages)

John J. Young's & Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen's original lithograph, "Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages)" was created in 1855. H. B. Mollhausen 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. This landscape view was printed by the New York lithographic company of Sarony, Major and Knapp employing multiple printings in both tones and colors. "Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages" is a fine, original example of the 19th century topographical art created by the important survey and exploratory artists of the American West, John J. Young & Heinrich Mollhausen.

Original Lithograph with Tint Stones by John J. Young & Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen.

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

Rio Colorado near the Mojave (Mohave) Villages (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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Sarony & Co., Sarony, Major & Knapp, Knapp Company & the American Lithographic Company
#	Image	Title	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Africora, Mi Fama por el Orbe, H Cy Ca: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
02.-		Bivouac, January 28 by John Tidball, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
03.-		Canadian River near Camp 38 by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
04.-		Chimney Peak From The Colorado River by John J. Young, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
05.-		Coqueta: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1895	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
06.-		Fairbank's Fairy Calendar 1901, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	1901	American Lithographic Co., N.Y	Sold
07.-		Flor de Scotia, William D. Castro Tobacco Factory: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y	Sold
08.-		Mexican Princess, Crown imported and Manufactured by Oaxaca Association, Chicago, Illinois, Buena Vista, Mexico: Cigar Label, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c.1905	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
09.-		Peaks of the Sierra Blanca (From near Fort Massachusetts) by Richard Kern, printed by Sarony, & Co., New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
10.-		Peluse Falls by John Mix Stanley, Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Sold
11.-		Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages) by John J. Young & H. B. Mollhausen, printed by Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
12.-		The Signal Perfecto, John T. Stier & Son, Louisville, Kentucky, (ALCO) American Lithographic Company, New York	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1905-1915	American Lithographic Co., N.Y
13.-		Trade Card by The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y. (Advertiser: Lautz Brothers & Company, New York)	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1885	The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y.
14.-		Trade Card by The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y (Advertiser: Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio)	Original Chromolithograph	c. 1890 - 1895	The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y
15-		Trade Card (Advertiser: Woolson Spice Company, Toledo, Ohio), Shooting Arrow! by The Knapp Co., New York	Original Chromolithograph	1893	The Knapp Co., Lith., N.Y
16-		Valley of La Cuesta, Rio Pecos by Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen, printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1853 - 1855	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
17-		View of Hong-Kong From East Point by Wilhelm Heine and Eliphalet Brown Jr., Sarony & Co., New York	Original Lithograph with Tint Stone	1856	Sarony & Co., New York	Sold

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Title:	Rio Colorado near the Mojave (Mohave) Villages (Pacific Railroad Surveys: 35th Parallel)
Artist:	Young, John J. (New York, 1830 - Washington D.C., 1879)
Designer:	Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin 'H. B. Mollhausen' (Born, Germany, 1825 - Berlin, Germany, 1905)
Date:	1855
Medium:	Original Lithograph with Tint Stones
Printer:	Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York
Note:	John J. Young: An important survey and exploratory artist of the American West, John J. Young worked both as a topographical engineer and as a staff artist for the United States War Department. Between 1853 and 1855, Young drew onto stone the sketches of Mollhausen and Von Egloffstein for the report of Lt. Whipple's 35th parallel survey. "Rio Colorado near the Mojave (Mohave) Villages" originates from the expedition. Later, in 1855, John J. Young was selected as head artist for Lt. Williamson's railway survey to connect California's Sacramento Valley with Oregon's Columbia River.
	John J. Young went on in the 1860's and 1870's to make both lithographs and watercolors of scenes ranging from Santa Fe to Utah. He continued to be employed as an artist by the War Department in Washington until his death.
	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, 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, "Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages" was printed by the New York firm of Sarony Major and Knapp. Many of these fine, early lithographs of western views employed multiple printings in both tones and colors.
	Napoleon Sarony (Quebec, 1821 - New York, 1896): Born of English parents in Quebec City, Napoleon Sarony learned lithography from his father and emigrated to New York in 1836. There, he worked as an apprentice for several lithographers, including Nathaniel Currier. Sarony then opened a lithographic business in partnership with Henry B. Major. The company went through a number of confusing overlapping alterations in names and partnerships. It was called 'Sarony and Major' (c. 1846 - 1857. Then Sarony's company bore the title, 'Sarony & Company' (c. 1853-1857). During the mid 1850's, Joseph Fairchild Knapp (1832-1891), entered the firm and the name of the company was expanded to, 'Sarony, Major & Knapp' (c 1855 - c. 1864), Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages) hails from this period. Around 1864, Sarony left the company to pursue a new career in photography. Students of early photography will at once recognize his name as he rose to become one of America's most famous pioneers in this field and at this point, the firm then took on the name of, Major & Knapp around 1864, and by 1888 it became known as The Knapp Company. Around 1890, Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951), purchased the company from his father and shortly after renamed it, the 'Joseph P. Knapp Co.'. Later, the company would assume the title of the 'American Lithographic Company (ALCO)', and from 1892 to 1929, it became one of the largest lithographic firms in North America. Then in 1929 the firm was purchased by the United States Printing & Lithographic Company, and the Consolidated Litho Company took over their label producing division.
	List of various lithographs dating from 1846 to 1918 associated with Sarony's company. Sarony and Major (1846-1857) : Burns and Highland Mary (1846), housed in The National Museum of American History, Portrait of James K. Polk (1846), The Storming of Chapultepec (1848), and Columbia college dedicated to the class of '52' (1852), housed in the NYPL, Catalog Call Number: MEZN Eno; Eno 295. Sarony & Company (1853 to 1857): Canadian River near Camp 38 (1855) for The Pacific Railroad Surveys and several lithographs for the Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan... (1856). Sarony, Major & Knapp ( c 1855 - c. 1864): Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages (Mohave Villages) (1855) for The Pacific Railroad Surveys, The Old Gotham Inn, --in Bowery (1862), housed in the NYPL, Catalog Call Number: PC NEW YC-Inn-18, and Private residence of the late Mayor Tieman's father (1863), housed in the NYPL, Catalog Call Number: PC NEW YC-Hou-18. Major & Knapp. (c. 1864 - 1871): Public Room at the 5th Ward Museum Hotel for D. T. Valentine's Manual (1864), housed in the franklin & Marshall College Library, Transformation Polka From the Black Crook (1867), housed in Washington State University (WSU Libraries), Identifier Source: Butler1238.jpg., and finally, the American Lithographic Company Company, New York: Fairbanks Fairy Soap Company (1901), Coqueta (Advertising Cigar Label Trimming) (c. 1885), For Home and Country - Victory Liberty Loan (1918), as well as many other historical works of art.
Source:	Pacific Railroad Surveys: 35th Parallel
Size:	6 1/4 X 9 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed on smooth wove paper and with full margins as published in New York around in 1855. Containing slight water staining in the outer margins else a fine impression using full tint stones and in good condition throughout. "Rio Colorado near the Mojave Villages" represents a prime, original example of the important, early Western art created by the artists of the Pacific Railroad surveys.
Subject:	John J. Young, Mohave Indians, Colorado River, Pacific Railroad, New Mexico, Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen.
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