HUGE 31.5" LONG: 1843, 3-color stone lithograph HELDERBERG RANGE, Mohawk River

Description

*please note HUGE 31 1/2" length!
EBENEZER EMMONS
(1799-1863)
~ HELDERBERG RANGE
~
PLATE I
original, antique 19th Century three-tone stone lithograph
from
NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK
Endicott's Lithography
New York 1843
The actual artwork area of this Hudson River School era stone lithograph measures 4 3/4" x 28 1/2" and is printed on heavy paper measuring 11 1/4" x
31 1/2"
with nothing on reverse.
Condition is good, with some spotting along the margins, as shown in the scans, which are quite accurate.
If you are worried about the spotting, I will be glad to provide the buyer with the simple procedure I have used in the past to clean prints with bleach and water.
There is a 1" split to one of the upper folds.
The work has four folds, as issued. In other words, the extremely long sheet (31 1/2") was folded from DAY ONE so that it could be bound into the original book. Got it?
This is absolutely guaranteed to be an original, antique stone lithograph from the 19th Century, NOT any type of reproduction!
It is NOT a steel engraving or an etching.
I believe that this is a "three-tone" stone lithograph, with blue and beige colors added to enhance the basic black.
Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799 – October 1, 1863), was a pioneering American geologist whose work includes the naming of the Adirondack Mountains in New York as well as a first ascent of Mount Marcy, the source of the Hudson River at Lake Tear of the Clouds.
Many of the artists of the Hudson River School were quite knowledgeable about local geology: Thomas Cole, the movement's founder, lived within sight of Catskill Creek and painted the area numerous times.
In 1836, the New York State Legislature passed an act to provide for a geological and natural history survey of New York State. Survey staff were charged "to make an accurate and complete geological survey of this state…and furnish a full and scientific description of its rocks, soils and minerals, and of its botanical and zoological productions." The resulting publication encompassed some thirty volumes, finally concluding in the 1890s. It is known as one of the most ambitious publishing ventures of the 19th Century.
I will include a copy of the original 1843 title page from the publication.
This has been in my collection for about thirty years, probably originally purchased at Brimfield.
My family has been in the antiques and design business since 1955!
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