{"product_id":"approach-to-cadottes-passby-john-mix-stanley","title":"\"Approach to Cadotte's Pass\"by John Mix Stanley","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Approach to Cadotte's Pass\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Mix Stanley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1855\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-Painted Lithograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA line of horseback riders snaking across a vast, arid valley floor serves as the central focal point of this 1860 tinted lithograph titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Approach to Cadotte's Pass.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Based on an original field drawing by the prominent Western artist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Mix Stanley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this print was meticulously produced by the famous New York lithography firm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSarony, Major \u0026amp; Knapp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The sweeping panoramic scene captures a federal exploration party navigating an expansive prairie landscape bounded by distinctive, flat-topped geological bluffs and conical rock mounds rising under a wide, softly clouded sky. Small desert shrubs anchor the immediate foreground, leading the viewer's eye along the expedition's path toward the rugged passage hidden within the distant Rocky Mountains. The delicate tonal stone work and subtle watercolor tinting beautifully preserve Stanley's sharp ethnographic eye and mastery of frontier scale, finalized with lower margin printing text reading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Approach to Cadotte's Pass\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis composition belongs to a broader historical archive generated by the United States government during the mid-nineteenth century, where teams of scientists, engineers, and artists were commissioned to systematically map the uncharted territories of the American West. Published as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlate XXIX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the landmark multi-volume government document \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, prints like this hold monumental historical importance because they document the foundational geological and cultural surveys of the expansionist era. By illustrating the treacherous pathways of the Northern Pacific Survey route managed under Governor Isaac Stevens, the print highlights the critical intersection of American infrastructure development, early frontier illustration, and the strategic cartography that reshaped the geography of North America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 9”x 11 ½”W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Some tears from binding and a pin hole on the upper edge of the paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54465516077335,"sku":"PR0200-10","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0200-10.1.jpg?v=1784751163","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/approach-to-cadottes-passby-john-mix-stanley","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}