This chromolithograph captures Bierstadt’s rapturous vision of the American landscape
One notable user was Brigham Young
The British-US Boundary Dispute
the 1840s was the boom decade of the Oregon Trail
marked with distinctive symbols
John James Audubon. Canada Goose. 1827. American West This chromolithograph captures Bierstadt’s rapturousAUDUBON, John James (1785 1851). Canada Goose, Plate 201. Aquatint engraving with original hand color. London: Robert Havell, 1827 1838. 25 1 4" x 38 1 4" sheet, 49 1 2" x 37" framed. Comparables: Arader Galleries, 2020 $73,200; Arader Galleries, 2023 $60,000. The big, black necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of honkers migrate north and south each year, filling