Long's Peak.

Alfred Edward Mathews (1831-1874)

Date

ca. 1866
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Chromolithograph
Contributors

Printed by Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Dimensions

Image: 6 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: A.E. Mathews, Del.
l.c.: LONG'S PEAK. \ This peak is a spur or offshoot of the Great Sawatch or Snowy Range of the Rocky Mountains, and is distant about 60 miles from Denver. Its approxi- \ mate height is 14,500 feet. The sketch is taken from the Great American Plains, within 10 miles of the Eastern Slope of the Mountains. Distance from the \ point of observation to the summit of Long's Peak, air line, 42 miles; to the Eastern Slope on the left, 10 miles; to the Eastern Slope on the right, 25 miles.
l.r.: The Major & Knapp Eng. M'f'g. & Lith. Co., 71 B'way.
Credit Line

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

1967.211.1
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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